Salome (opera) by Richard Strauss

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Salome_(opera)_by_Richard_Strauss
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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:opera
gptkbp:basedOn gptkb:Salome_(play)_by_Oscar_Wilde
gptkbp:composer gptkb:Richard_Strauss
gptkbp:duration approximately 100 minutes
gptkbp:firstPerformed gptkb:Ernst_von_Schuch
gptkbp:genre one-act opera
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Salome (opera) by Richard Strauss
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:notableFor banned in some cities after premiere
controversial at premiere for its subject matter and music
considered a masterpiece of 20th-century opera
gptkbp:notableProduction gptkb:David_McVicar_(2008,_Royal_Opera_House)
Jürgen Flimm (2003, Metropolitan Opera)
Patrice Chéreau (2017, Aix-en-Provence Festival)
gptkbp:notableRecording Birgit Nilsson (Salome), Vienna Philharmonic, Georg Solti (1961)
Maria Ewing (Salome), Royal Opera House, Edward Downes (1986)
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
gptkbp:subject Biblical story of Salome
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Salome_(Oscar_Wilde_play)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7