Salome, Op. 54, is an opera in one act by Richard Strauss. The libretto is Hedwig Lachmann's German translation of the 1891 French play Salomé by Oscar Wilde, edited by the composer. Strauss dedicated
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…Guntram, Guntram Herodes, Salome Der Kaiser (The Emperor), Die Frau ohne Schatten…
1910 poster by Ludwig Hohlwein
1905 Dresden premier poster
Olive Fremstad holding the head of John the Baptist in the Metropolitan Opera's 1907 production of Salome by Richard Strauss
Karl Perron as Jochanaan in the Dresden performances, 1907