Salome
Salome leaves Herod’s banquet and hears the imprisoned prophet Jochanaan. She persuades Narraboth to bring him out and becomes fixated on him, but he rejects her. Narraboth kills himself, and Jochanaan is returned to the cistern. Herod, who desires Salome, asks her to dance and promises to grant her wish. After the Dance of the Seven Veils, Salome demands Jochanaan’s head. When it is delivered, she kisses the severed head. Herod orders his soldiers to kill her, and they crush her beneath their shields.