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 (play) ⓘ
linked to: Salome
basedOnWorkAuthor Oscar Wilde ⓘ
biblicalSourceCharacter 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 ⓘ
Jokanaan ⓘ
linked to: John the Baptist

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

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 Königliches Opernhaus, Dresden ⓘ
linked to: Semperoper
publisher Adolph Fürstner ⓘ
settingLocation Herod’s palace ⓘ
settingPeriod biblical times ⓘ
settingRegion Judea ⓘ
sourcePlayLanguage French ⓘ
typicalPerformanceLanguage German ⓘ
vocalRangeRequirement dramatic soprano ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Salome → inspiredWork → opera "Salome" by Richard Strauss ⓘ
Maria Ewing → rolePerformed → Salome in Strauss's Salome ⓘ
linked to: opera "Salome" by Richard Strauss
Saxon State Opera House → notablePremiere → Richard Strauss’s "Salome" ⓘ
linked to: opera "Salome" by Richard Strauss
Michelle Kwan’s “Salome” short program → musicFrom → opera "Salome" ⓘ
linked to: opera "Salome" by Richard Strauss
Michelle Kwan’s “Salome” short program → basedOnWork → "Salome" by Richard Strauss ⓘ
linked to: opera "Salome" by Richard Strauss