Richard Strauss's 'Salome'

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Richard_Strauss's_'Salome'
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:opera
gptkbp:bannedIn London (initially)
gptkbp:basedOn gptkb:Oscar_Wilde's_play_'Salome'
gptkbp:composer gptkb:Richard_Strauss
gptkbp:duration about 100 minutes
gptkbp:firstUSPerformance 1907, Metropolitan Opera, New York
gptkbp:genre gptkb:opera
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Richard Strauss's 'Salome'
gptkbp:language gptkb:German
gptkbp:librettist gptkb:Hedwig_Lachmann
gptkbp:mainCharacter gptkb:Herod
gptkb:Herodias
gptkb:Salome
gptkb:Jokanaan
gptkb:Narraboth
gptkbp:notableAria gptkb:Dance_of_the_Seven_Veils
gptkbp:notableFeature controversial for its time
contains the 'Dance of the Seven Veils' scene
famous for its orchestration and harmonies
gptkbp:notablePerformer gptkb:Maria_Ewing
gptkb:Karita_Mattila
gptkb:Teresa_Stratas
gptkb:Birgit_Nilsson
gptkb:Montserrat_Caballé
gptkbp:notableProduction David McVicar (Royal Opera House, 2008)
Jürgen Flimm (Metropolitan Opera, 2004)
Patrice Chéreau (2017, Aix-en-Provence)
gptkbp:notableRecording gptkb:Montserrat_Caballé_(Salome),_London_Symphony_Orchestra,_Erich_Leinsdorf_(conductor)
Birgit Nilsson (Salome), Vienna Philharmonic, Georg Solti (conductor)
gptkbp:numberOfActs 1
gptkbp:orchestration large orchestra
gptkbp:premiereDate 1905-12-09
gptkbp:premiereLocation gptkb:Dresden_Semperoper
gptkbp:setInPeriod Biblical times
gptkbp:setting gptkb:Judea
gptkbp:subject Biblical story of Salome and John the Baptist
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Königliches_Opernhaus,_Dresden
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6