Metalsucks — "Hopefully, I find a band that respects me and treats me as an equal," says the former Salome vocalist. The post Kat Katz Quits Agoraphobic Nosebleed, Says She’s “Tired of Being Bullied by Dudes” appeared first on MetalSucks. more info

Guardian Music — London Coliseum; Royal Opera House, London; Lighthouse, PooleBlood and guts meet street dance and a kinky Santa in a provocative production of Strauss’s opera. And Wagner’s Ring ended on a highLove is blind. A photographic image of a bl... more info

New York Times — She inhabited some of the most daunting roles in the operatic repertoire and was best known for her depictions of two Strauss heroines, Salome and Elektra. more info

New York Times — Monteverdi’s Poppea, Strauss’s Salome and Rossini’s Isabella aren’t usually grouped together. But all are negotiating a world dominated by men. more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Thirty is not old in opera. An art form that been around for more than three centuries, it is also an art form that takes the long view. Classic 1950s and 1960s opera recordings of standard repertory survive, thrillingly remastered to the latest hi-r... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — One weeknight in 1985, a sophomore music student at the University of North Texas sat on the floor of her apartment and listened to a cassette tape that changed the course of her life. Patricia Racette recalls the moment vividly: Italian soprano Rena... more info

We All Want Someone To Shout For — Greta Salóme is a singer/songwriter/violinist from Iceland. Trained as a classical violinist, she spices things up with a flair for pop music that creates something that is most certainly unique to her. Take for instance her most recent track, “Ro... more info

Detroit Free Press — Soprano Lise Lindstrom merges silvery lyricism, pure power in concert production of Strauss' expressionist masterpiece             more info

Impose Magazine — SATE’s soulful voice is not new to the music scene. Born Saidah Baba Talibah, she was raised in a very musical family, with the matriarch being none other than Miss Salome Bey. (Yup. That’s right! New Jersey native–and Canada’s First Lady... more info

Detroit Free Press — Leonard Slatkin leads Detroit Symphony in concert performance of early modernist opera with Lise Lindstrom in title role.             more info