

Strauss: Salome (2-CD) – Eva Marton
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Description
Strauss: Salome (2-CD) – Eva Marton
Composer: Richard Strauss
Artists: Eva Marton, Heinz Zednik, Bernd Weikl, Brigitte Fassbaender, Keith Lewis, Gabrielle Schreckenbach, James O'Neal, Peter Maus, Karl Markus, Donald George, Reinhard Beyer, Victor von Halem, Julien Robbins, Berliner Philharmoniker
Conductor: Zubin Mehta
Number of Discs: 2
Label: Sony Classics
CD Release Date: August 6, 2008
History
RICHARD STRAUSS
Salome
Premiere: Dresden Court Opera, 1905. The story of this incendiary and powerful opera is derived from a brief biblical account: A young princess of Judea dances for her stepfather Herod and chooses as her reward the head of the prophet John the Baptist. This subject captured the imaginations of generations of visual artists, but its full possibilities were perhaps best realized in Oscar Wilde’s 1891 tragedy (which was banned from performance in several countries). Strauss’s score combines the grandeur of Wagner’s epics with the focus and emotional punch of the short Italian verismo operas.
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