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...
Building item
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.
Walkowitz, Judith R. “Women Writing / Women Performing in the Imperial Metropolis”. Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century British Women Writers Conference, Lawrence, KS, 17 Mar. 2001.
25 January 1909: Hugo von Hoffmansthal's first opera, Elektra,...
Writing climate item
25 January 1909
Hugo von Hoffmansthal
's first opera, Elektra, with music by Richard Strauss
, opened in Dresden.
Brockway, Wallace, and Herbert Weinstock. The World of Opera. Methuen, 1963.
19 February 1910: The opera Elektra by Richard Strauss was...
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19 February 1910
The opera Elektra by Richard Strauss
was first performed in London: at Covent Garden
, conducted by Thomas Beecham
.
Drogheda, Charles Garrett Ponsonby Moore, Earl of et al. The Covent Garden Album: 250 Years of Theatre, Opera, and Ballet. Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1981.
105
1949: Richard Strauss's opera Salome, to words...
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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
.
Drogheda, Charles Garrett Ponsonby Moore, Earl of et al. The Covent Garden Album: 250 Years of Theatre, Opera, and Ballet. Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1981.
136
Harewood, George Henry Hubert Lascelles, Earl of, editor. Kobbé’s Complete Opera Book. 10th ed., Bodley Head, 1987.
806-7
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