Richard Strauss's opera Salome

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Richard_Strauss's_opera_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's opera 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 innovative orchestration
controversial for its time
gptkbp:notablePerformance gptkb:Metropolitan_Opera,_1907
gptkbp:notableRecording Birgit Nilsson (Salome), Vienna Philharmonic, Georg Solti (conductor)
Maria Ewing (Salome), Royal Opera House, Edward Downes (conductor)
gptkbp:numberOfActs 1
gptkbp:orchestration large orchestra
gptkbp:premiereDate 1905-12-09
gptkbp:premiereLocation gptkb:Dresden_Court_Opera
gptkbp:publisher gptkb:Adolph_Fürstner
gptkbp:setting gptkb:Judea,_1st_century_AD
gptkbp:subject Biblical story of Salome
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Oscar_Wilde's_Salome
gptkb:Oscar_Wilde's_play_Salome
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7