Salome (Richard Strauss opera)

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:opera
gptkbp:basedOn gptkb:Oscar_Wilde
gptkb:Salome_(play)
gptkbp:category Operas set in the Middle East
Operas based on plays
1905 operas
German-language operas
Operas based on works by Oscar Wilde
Operas by Richard Strauss
Operas set in the 1st century
gptkbp:composer gptkb:Richard_Strauss
gptkbp:duration about 100 minutes
gptkbp:firstHerod gptkb:Carl_Perron
gptkbp:firstHerodias gptkb:Margarethe_Siems
gptkbp:firstJokanaan gptkb:Karl_Scheidemantel
gptkbp:firstNarraboth gptkb:Ernst_Kraus
gptkbp:firstSalome gptkb:Marie_Wittich
gptkbp:genre gptkb:opera
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Salome (Richard Strauss opera)
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:notableConductor gptkb:Ernst_von_Schuch
gptkbp:notableFeature innovative orchestration
controversial for its time
contains explicit themes
expressionist elements
gptkbp:notablePerformance gptkb:Vienna_State_Opera
gptkb:Royal_Opera_House,_London
gptkb:Metropolitan_Opera,_New_York
gptkbp:notableRecording gptkb:Montserrat_Caballé_(Salome),_London_Symphony_Orchestra,_Erich_Leinsdorf_(conductor)
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:Königliches_Opernhaus,_Dresden
gptkbp:publisher gptkb:Adolph_Fürstner
gptkbp:setting gptkb:Judea,_1st_century_AD
gptkbp:structure one-act opera
gptkbp:subject Biblical story of Salome
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Salome_(daughter_of_Herodias)
gptkb:Elektra_(Richard_Strauss_opera)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6