The staging of David Alden dispensed quietly with the maritime setting, situating the action instead within a stylised milieu of early-twentieth-century industrial capitalism.

Although the Santa Fe Opera has been going for some sixty-five years, it was not until the present season that it gave its first ever performance of 'Tristan und Isolde';before that, the only other Wagner opera to have appeared at the festival was 'Der fliegende Holländer'.

Santa Fe Opera.Strauss: Salome.Daniel Slater, director.Cast: Alex Penda (Salome), Michaela Martens (Herodias), Robert Brubaker (Herod), Ryan McKinny (Jochanaan), Brian Jagde (Narraboth), Megan Marino (Page), Nicholas Brownlee (First Soldier), Tyler Putnam (Second Soldier), Peter Tomaszewski (Cappadocian), Daniel Bates (A Butler), Christopher Trapani, Roy Hage, Cullen Gandy, Aaron Short, Kevin Thompson (Five Jews), Peixin Chen, Adrian Kramer (Two Nazarenes).