The opera is famous (at the time of its premiere, infamous) for its “Dance of the Seven Veils”. The final scene is frequently heard as a concert-piece for dramatic sopranos. The story revolves around a refined and rather common understanding of universal love as traced in the mythological structure of the folk song about the Tenth Daughter. The performance is directed by the Artistic Director of the Ljubljana Opera Rocc, who mainly dedicates himself to directing of contemporary opera pieces.
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Music Drama in One Act Co-production of SNG opera in balet Ljubljana and Hong Kong Opera Premiere 22 January 2015 Stage Director Andrejs Žagars Set Designer Reinis Suhanovs Costume Designer Kristine Pasternaka Video Designer Ineta Sipunova Lighting Designer Kevin Wyn-Jones Choreoghrapher Kirill Burlov Salome, Op. 54, is an opera in one act by Richard Strauss to a German libretto by the composer, based on Hedwig Lachmann’s German translation of the French play Salomé by Oscar Wilde. Strauss dedicated the opera to his friend Sir Edgar Speyer.