Richard Strauss's Salome

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Predicate Object
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's Salome
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Symbolism
gptkb:Decadence_movement
late Romanticism
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 gptkb:Dance_of_the_Seven_Veils_scene
controversial at premiere
famous for orchestration and vocal demands
gptkbp:notableProduction gptkb:Patrice_Chéreau_(Deutsche_Oper_Berlin,_1979)
David McVicar (Royal Opera House, 2008)
Jürgen Flimm (Salzburg Festival, 2018)
gptkbp:notableRecording gptkb:Montserrat_Caballé_(Salome),_London_Symphony_Orchestra,_Erich_Leinsdorf_(conductor)
Birgit Nilsson (Salome), Vienna Philharmonic, Georg Solti (conductor)
gptkbp:notableRole gptkb:A_Cappadocian_(bass)
gptkb:A_Slave_(tenor)
gptkb:Fifth_Jew_(bass)
gptkb:First_Jew_(tenor)
gptkb:First_Nazarene_(baritone)
gptkb:First_Soldier_(bass)
gptkb:Fourth_Jew_(baritone)
gptkb:Page_(mezzo-soprano)
gptkb:Second_Jew_(tenor)
gptkb:Second_Nazarene_(bass)
gptkb:Second_Soldier_(baritone)
gptkb:Third_Jew_(tenor)
gptkb:Herod_(tenor)
gptkb:Herodias_(mezzo-soprano)
gptkb:Jokanaan_(baritone)
gptkb:Narraboth_(tenor)
gptkb:Salome_(soprano)
gptkbp:numberOfActs 1
gptkbp:orchestration large orchestra
gptkbp:premiereDate 1905-12-09
gptkbp:premiereLocation gptkb:Dresden_Semperoper
gptkbp:publisher gptkb:Adolph_Fürstner
gptkbp:setting gptkb:Judea,_1st_century_AD
gptkbp:structure one-act opera
gptkbp:subject Biblical story of Salome and John the Baptist
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Staatsoper_Dresden
gptkb:Jokanaan
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7