When Karita Mattila does “Salome” at the Metropolitan Opera, she goes all the way — that is, she appears stark naked (briefly) at the end of the Dance of the Seven Veils. The former general manager of ...

Karita Mattila. Naked. Those three words have been on the mind of practically every New York opera fan for the last month as the Finnish soprano strips bare in the Metropolitan Opera’s revival of ...

Karita Mattila, the sensational Finnish soprano returning to Houston after a 15-year absence, woos critics and audiences worldwide with portrayals of rebellious teens and maturing young women. There ...

With “Salome,” the first of 10 full-length operas that New York’s Metropolitan Opera is broadcasting live to more than 800 theaters around the world, the audience at Pacific Place Theater got its ...

It’s often said that Atrauss’s Salome is really very simple to cast—all you need for the title role is a lissome teenage girl with the voice of a hefty Wagnerian soprano. Of course, the chances of ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Soprano Karita Mattila, who electrified Met audiences in the title role of Richard ...

Heading out of her dressing room to take her place on stage for the Metropolitan Opera‘s Saturday matinee performance of Strauss’ Salome, Karita Mattila had to first face a camera and fellow soprano ...

GRAND RAPIDS -- The story is so old, it's in the Bible. A Judean princess falls for a prophet, but when John the Baptist spurns her amorous advances, Salome contrives to have King Herod order his ...

The performance begings at noon Saturday at the Town Plaza Cinema; the encore broadcast will be at 7 p.m. Wednesday. Finnish soprano Karita Mattila will be playing the part of Salome, the daughter of ...

Anyone flipping through the galley copies of Joe Volpe’s upcoming Toughest Show on Earth: My Rise and Reign at the Metropolitan Opera will come across some tough talk about Karita Mattila’s famous ...