opera "Salome" by Richard Strauss

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The opera "Salome" by Richard Strauss is a one-act German opera, notorious for its intense psychological drama, lush late-Romantic orchestration, and the scandalous "Dance of the Seven Veils," based on Oscar Wilde’s play about the biblical princess.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf one-act opera
opera
approximateDuration 100 minutes
basedOn Salome
surface form: Salome (play)
basedOnWorkAuthor Oscar Wilde
biblicalSourceCharacter Salome (daughter of Herod II)
surface form: Salome (biblical figure)
biblicalSourceText New Testament
catalogueNumber TrV 215
censorshipHistory banned at the Metropolitan Opera after early performances
composer Richard Strauss
compositionEndYear 1905
compositionStartYear 1903
conductorAtPremiere Ernst von Schuch
firstRecordingYear early 20th century
firstUSPerformanceCity New York City
firstUSPerformanceVenue Metropolitan Opera
firstUSPerformanceYear 1907
form through-composed
genre late-Romantic opera
influencedBy Richard Wagner
language German
librettoBasedOnLanguage French
librettoLanguage German
mainCharacter Herod Antipas
Herodias
John the Baptist
surface form: Jokanaan

Narraboth
Salome
musicalStyle expressionist elements
post-Wagnerian chromaticism
notableFeature advanced harmonic language
controversial subject matter
high vocal demands for soprano
intense psychological drama
notableScene Salome
surface form: Dance of the Seven Veils

final monologue of Salome
numberOfActs 1
opusNumber Op. 54
orchestrationStyle large late-Romantic orchestra
originalLibrettist Richard Strauss
premiereCity Dresden
premiereCountry Germany
premiereDate 1905-12-09
premierePlace Semperoper
surface form: Königliches Opernhaus, Dresden
publisher Adolph Fürstner NERFINISHED
settingLocation Herod’s palace
settingPeriod biblical times
settingRegion Judea
sourcePlayLanguage French
typicalPerformanceLanguage German
vocalRangeRequirement dramatic soprano

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Description of subject: The opera "Salome" by Richard Strauss is a one-act German opera, notorious for its intense psychological drama, lush late-Romantic orchestration, and the scandalous "Dance of the Seven Veils," based on Oscar Wilde’s play about the biblical princess.

Referenced by (2)

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Salome inspiredWork opera "Salome" by Richard Strauss
Maria Ewing rolePerformed opera "Salome" by Richard Strauss
this entity surface form: Salome in Strauss's Salome