Photos: L.A. Opera’s ‘Salome’

Patricia Racette, right, is Salome; Gabriele Schnaut, left, is Herodias; and Allan Gassman is Herod in “Salome” at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles.

Soprano Patricia Racette as “Salome” at the LA Opera.  (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

Patricia Racette, right, Gabriele Schnaut, left, and Allan Gassman in “Salome.”

Patricia Racette, right, and Gabriele Schnaut in the production of “Salome.”

Patricia Racette, right, and Tomas Tomasson in the production of “Salome.”  (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)