The musicians prepare themselves in the backstage of "Salome."

"In summary, Herodes dedicated himself in calming popular mood and maintaining a pacific relation with Rome. However, the chroniclers of the time described him as a cruel and corrupt leader, which popularity was diminished as the time passed, and who was capable of realizing countless improvements (like paving roads opened by the Hasmoneans and creating new cities), doing the commerce flow, at the same time that decided condemning 46 of 71 Sanhedrin wises to death by not agreeing with a sentence announced by this court." (Mutran)