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English National Opera Guide 37: Salome / Elektra - Richard Strauss

English National Opera Guides are ideal companions to the opera. They provide stimulating introductory articles together with the complete text of each opera in English and the original. Richard Strauss, already known for his wonderful orchestral tone-poems, projected his genius at the turn of the twentieth century to opera, and this Guide contains the texts and introductions to his first two masterpieces in what was, for him, a new genre. Despite obvious similarities - both operas consist of one Act, centred upon one female title role - the articles included here reveal that the operas are really quite different in subject and treatment. Salome, based on Oscar Wilde's notorious play, has a kaleidoscopic range of orchestral colour and a lurid climax in "The Dance of the Seven Veils", an episode which has challenged generations of sopranos to dance as well as sing. Elektra was derived from the tragedies of the Ancient Greeks by the Austrian poet Hugo von Hofmannsthal, and is the first of his many collaborations with Strauss. It is also a study in neurosis, ripe for Jungian comparative analysis.

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English National Opera Guide 37: Salome / Elektra - Richard Strauss - About the Author:

Richard Georg Strauss (1864 – 1949) was a leading German composer of the late Romantic and early modern eras. He is best known for his operas, which include Der Rosenkavalier and Salome.

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  • Language

    German

  • Level

    Intermediate

  • Book Binding

    Paperback

  • Book Format

    Parallel Text

  • Book Genre

    Drama

  • Book ISBN

    9780714544380

  • Book Page Count

    148

  • Book Publication Date

    07/02/2011

  • Book Publisher

    Alma Classics

  • Delivery Estimate

    This is a Print on Demand title. Please allow up to 14 days for delivery.

  • Product Supplier

    Macmillan distribution

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