Salome (Richard Strauss)

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:opera
gptkbp:basedOn gptkb:Salome_(Oscar_Wilde_play)
gptkbp:catalogueNumber gptkb:TrV_215
gptkbp:composer gptkb:Richard_Strauss
gptkbp:controversy banned in some cities for its subject matter
gptkbp:duration about 100 minutes
gptkbp:genre gptkb:opera
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Salome (Richard Strauss)
gptkbp:influenced 20th-century opera
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Oscar_Wilde
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
gptkb:Final_Scene_(Salome's_monologue)
gptkbp:notableConductor gptkb:Richard_Strauss
gptkb:Herbert_von_Karajan
gptkb:Karl_Böhm
gptkbp:notableFeature gptkb:Dance_of_the_Seven_Veils_scene
controversial for its time
orchestral color
expressionist music
psychological intensity
gptkbp:notableFor gptkb:Hans_Hotter
gptkb:Josef_Greindl
gptkbp:notableLibrettoTranslation English translation by Tom Hammond
French translation by Romain Rolland
gptkbp:notableMezzoSoprano gptkb:Astrid_Varnay
gptkb:Grace_Hoffman
gptkbp:notableProduction gptkb:David_McVicar_(Salome),_2008,_Royal_Opera_House
Patrice Chéreau (Salome), 2011, Aix-en-Provence Festival
gptkbp:notableRecording Montserrat Caballé (Salome), Erich Leinsdorf (conductor), London Symphony Orchestra, 1977
Birgit Nilsson (Salome), Georg Solti (conductor), Vienna Philharmonic, 1961
gptkbp:numberOfActs 1
gptkbp:opusNumber op. 54
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:singer gptkb:Karita_Mattila
gptkb:Teresa_Stratas
gptkb:Rudolf_Schock
gptkb:Wolfgang_Windgassen
gptkb:Birgit_Nilsson
gptkb:Montserrat_Caballé
gptkb:Maria_Cebotari
gptkbp:subject Biblical story of Salome and John the Baptist
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Montserrat_Caballé
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5