Tydeman, William, and Steven Price. Wilde—Salome. Cambridge University Press, 1996.
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Richard Strauss
Standard Name: Strauss, Richard
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Education | Viola Tree | Shortly after her performance as Eurydice, VT
moved to Italy to continue her operatic training. She arrived about 5 September 1910 in Milan, where she studied, with intermittent visits to England, until autumn... |
| Performance of text | Oscar Wilde | The first performance was heard at Covent Garden
of the English opera written by Richard Strauss
to the text of OW
's Salome. |
| Textual Features | E. Nesbit | Salome and the Head deals quite revealingly with female sexual experience. It is set at Yalding on the Medway. Sandra, its heroine, a dancer famous for her rendering of Wilde
's Salome (to Strauss |
Timeline
1907
The London County Council
banned stage tableaus or living pictures (erotic in content), and in their place the Palace Theatre
engaged Maud Allan
as a solo dancer.
25 January 1909
19 February 1910
The opera Elektra by Richard Strauss
was first performed in London: at Covent Garden
, conducted by Thomas Beecham
.
1949
Richard Strauss
's opera Salome, to words by Oscar Wilde
, was performed at Covent Garden, produced by Peter Brook
with sets by Salvador Dali
.
Texts
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