It is no wonder that Met audiences have gone wild over Karita Mattilaâs sizzling Salome. Indisputably one of the greatest Salomes of our time, Mattila utterly incarnates Oscar Wildeâs petulant, willful, and lust-driven heroine. With Straussâs groundbreaking music magnifying the degenerate atmosphere and building the erotic tension, this is one opera that is as shocking today as it was at its premiere in 1905.