At The Opera, R. Strauss: Salome, August 9, 2014
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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.
The opera is famous (at the time of its premiere, infamous) for its "Dance of the Seven Veils". It is now better known for the more shocking final scene (often a concert-piece for dramatic sopranos), where Salome declares her love to – and kisses – the severed head of John the Baptist. This live recording from 1951 stars Inge Borkh, Max Lorenz and Hans Hotter. Joseph Kliberth conducts.
8:00 p.m.
Pietro Mascagni
Cavalleria rusticana, opera Intemezzo
Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony; Ondrej Lenard, conductor
8:10 p.m.
Inge Borkh
Richard Strauss
Salome
Bayerisches Staatsorchester; Joseph Keilberth, conductor Borkh/Hotter
10:00 p.m.
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
Franz Lehar
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; Lovro von Matacic, conductor
11:20 p.m.
Lily Pons
Donizetti
'Chacun Le Sait' selections from Daughter of the Regiment
MET; Pietro Cimara, conductor
11:37 p.m.
Lily Pons
Rimsky-Korsakov
Sadko: 'Song Of India'
Andre Kostelanetz and his orchestra; Andre Kostelanetz, conductor
11:40 p.m.
Carlo Bergonzi
Verdi
I Lombardi Trio
MET; James Levine, conductor June Anderson Carlo Bergonzi
11:49 p.m.
Carlo Bergonzi
Ernesto di Curtis
Non ti scordar di me
11:56 p.m.
Pietro Mascagni
Cavalleria rusticana, opera Intemezzo
Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony; Ondrej Lenard, conductor