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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. [1] The opera is famous (at the time of its premiere, infamous) for its "Dance of the Seven Veils".
Jan 14, 2020 · Salome, a woman from the first century and early Christian period, is identified with a woman in the New Testament . Famous for the (likely legend, not history) Dance of the Seven Veils. Dates: about 14 C.E. – about 62 C.E. Sources. The historical account of Salome is included in Jewish Antiquities, book 18, chapters 4 and 5, by Flavius Josephus.
May 16, 2024 · Salome. NYT Critic’s Pick. Richard Strauss’s criteria for the ideal interpreter of his opera “Salome” have haunted the piece for the better part of a century: a “16-year-old princess ...
A synopsis of Salomé. A summary of Oscar Wilde's tragedy, which tells the Biblical story of Salomé, first published in 1891 in French. Salomé is the princess of Judaea, daughter of Queen Herodias, step-daughter to King Herod. Judaea was a province of Ancient Rome during the reign of Julius Caesar.
Salome. SALOME sə lō’ mǐ ( Σαλώμη, G4897, peaceful). 1. One of the women who followed Jesus in Galilee and ministered to Him ( Mark 15:40, 41 ). A comparison between Matthew 27:56 and Mark 15:40; 16:1, 2 identifies her as the wife of Zebedee, and therefore mother of James and John.
Overview. Salomé is a one-act play written by Irish author and playwright Oscar Wilde in 1891 and first performed in 1896. It tells the biblical story of Salomé, the stepdaughter of Herod Antipas, who requests the head of John the Baptist as a reward for dancing for her stepfather.
Salome is the daughter of Herodias, the wife of King Herod. She is unnamed in the biblical text but named by Josephus in the Jewish Antiquities (18.5.4).
