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Salome with Perri DiChristina
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Salome with Perri DiChristina

Just a girl, standing in front of a king, asking him for the head of John the Baptist.

Is Salome a victim of circumstance, or the destroyer of empires? Mezzo-soprano and one opera’s philosophical fug girls Perri DiChristina joins us to dive head-first into Strauss’s fin-de-siècle shocker. Additional topics include: Greta Thunberg and the Gaza Freedom Flotilla, Oscar Wilde’s moodboard, and why John Pierpont Morgan sucked.

Full synopsis of Salome with a playlist and recommended reading at decanonized.com.

Follow Perri via Thrilled to Announce (also on Substack and Instagram as @thilledtoannounceee), and on Instagram at @pricklyper.

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