Salome (Richard Strauss, 1905)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Salome_(Richard_Strauss,_1905)
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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:opera
gptkbp:basedOn gptkb:Salome_(Oscar_Wilde_play)
gptkbp:composer gptkb:Richard_Strauss
gptkbp:duration about 100 minutes
gptkbp:firstHerodiasPerformer gptkb:Margarethe_Siems
gptkbp:firstHerodPerformer gptkb:Carl_Burrian
gptkbp:firstJokanaanPerformer gptkb:Karl_Perron
gptkbp:firstNarrabothPerformer gptkb:Ernst_Kraus
gptkbp:firstPerformed gptkb:Ernst_von_Schuch
gptkbp:firstSalomePerformer gptkb:Marie_Wittich
gptkbp:genre gptkb:opera
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Salome (Richard Strauss, 1905)
gptkbp:language gptkb:German
gptkbp:librettist gptkb:Hedwig_Lachmann
gptkbp:mainCharacter gptkb:Herod
gptkb:Herodias
gptkb:Salome
gptkb:Jokanaan
gptkb:Narraboth
gptkbp:notableAdaptation film by G.W. Pabst (1953)
film by Ken Russell (1986)
gptkbp:notableAria gptkb:Dance_of_the_Seven_Veils
gptkbp:notableFeature modernist music
psychological drama
controversial for its time
gptkbp:notableProduction David McVicar (Royal Opera House, 2008)
Patrice Chéreau (Salzburg Festival, 1992)
gptkbp:notableRecording Birgit Nilsson (Salome), Vienna Philharmonic, Georg Solti (1961)
Montserrat Caballé (Salome), London Symphony Orchestra, Erich Leinsdorf (1977)
Teresa Stratas (Salome), Vienna Philharmonic, Christoph von Dohnányi (1990)
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:subject Biblical story of Salome
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Marie_Wittich
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8