Join RTÉ lyric fm's Paul Herriott and Artistic Director of New Music Dublin, John Harris as they co-present an event from the 2026 edition of New Music Dublin, featuring composer Gerald Barry’s surreal and fantastical take on Oscar Wilde’s Salome, in its Irish premiere with National Symphony Orchestra Ireland, conducted by Jérôme Kuhn
Listen to Salome above, and enjoy the libretto here.
Barry describes Salome as "an opera of voyeurism, the moon, French, God, punishment of sin, misunderstanding, sex, the metronome, suicide, hysteria, hunger, blood, typing, speaking correctly, sterility, The Blue Danube, the wind, fever, art, Wilde, dreaming, beheading, Frankenstein, kissing."
Find out more about this year's New Music Dublin programme here
