Richard Strauss' 'Salome'

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Richard_Strauss'_'Salome'
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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:opera
gptkbp:basedOn gptkb:Oscar_Wilde's_play_'Salome'
gptkbp:composer gptkb:Richard_Strauss
gptkbp:duration about 100 minutes
gptkbp:genre gptkb:opera
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Richard Strauss' 'Salome'
gptkbp:language gptkb:German
gptkbp:librettist gptkb:Hedwig_Lachmann
gptkbp:mainCharacter gptkb:Herod
gptkb:Herodias
gptkb:Salome
gptkb:Jokanaan
gptkbp:notableAria gptkb:Dance_of_the_Seven_Veils
gptkbp:notableFor One of the first 20th-century operas to enter the standard repertoire
Banned in some cities after its premiere
Controversial at its premiere for its subject matter and music
gptkbp:notableProduction gptkb:David_McVicar_(2008,_Royal_Opera_House)
Jürgen Flimm (2003, Metropolitan Opera)
Patrice Chéreau (2017, Aix-en-Provence Festival)
gptkbp:notableRecording Birgit Nilsson (Salome), Georg Solti (conductor), Vienna Philharmonic
Montserrat Caballé (Salome), Erich Leinsdorf (conductor), London Symphony Orchestra
gptkbp:notableRole baritone (Jokanaan)
dramatic soprano (Salome)
mezzo-soprano (Herodias)
tenor (Herod)
gptkbp:numberOfActs 1
gptkbp:orchestration large orchestra
gptkbp:premiereDate 1905-12-09
gptkbp:premiereLocation gptkb:Königliches_Opernhaus,_Dresden
gptkbp:setting gptkb:Judea,_1st_century_AD
gptkbp:theme death
power
obsession
lust
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Saxon_State_Opera
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6