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Language. German. Premiere. 9 December 1905. ( 1905-12-09) Königliches Opernhaus, Dresden. Salome, Op. 54, is an opera in one act by Richard Strauss. The libretto is Hedwig Lachmann 's German translation of the 1891 French play Salomé by Oscar Wilde, edited by the composer. Strauss dedicated the opera to his friend Sir Edgar Speyer.
- German
- 9 December 1905, Königliches Opernhaus, Dresden
From the opening measure, Strauss’s score announces itself as exotic, iconoclastic, and thoroughly compelling. Much of the work’s magic comes from the orchestra pit: The famous Dance of the Seven Veils occurs about two-thirds of the way through the opera, and while most of the orchestra’s other notable passages are more integrated into the surrounding score than the dance, they are no ...
Aug 21, 2019 · The Endless, Grisly Fascination of Richard Strauss’s “Salome”. Olive Fremstad in Richard Strauss’s “Salome,” performed at New York City’s Metropolitan Opera House in January, 1907 ...
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Obsessed by this enigmatic and virtuous man, Salome is ready to do anything to possess him, dead or alive. Drawing on Oscar Wilde’s scandalous play of the same name, in 1905 Richard Strauss produced the work that was to ensure his status as Wagner’s successor in the history of German opera. “Dance for me, Salome”.
Synopsis. Herod, the superstitious puppet-ruler of the Roman province of Judaea, has married his brother’s wife, Herodias. Soon afterwards, Herod had his brother assassinated. Now he is becoming increasingly obsessed with his step-daughter, Salome. Reports of these events have brought Herod and Herodias into conflict with the equally ...
Salome. Karita Mattila gives a tour-de-force performance in the title role of Strauss’s groundbreaking opera, opposite Alfred Dohmen as Jochanaan (John the Baptist), the object of her deadly passion. Larissa Diadkova is Herodias, Salome’s mother, and Siegfried Jerusalem sings her husband, King Herod, whose desire for his stepdaughter sets ...
The first London performance of Salome was finally put on in 1910, some 5 years after the opera’s premiere in Dresden, Germany. Read more about the controversy surrounding Salome, and other operas that shook society. Salome made the composer very rich. Kaiser Wilhelm once remarked that Salome would do Strauss a great deal of harm. This ...
