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Richard Strauss’ SALOME
A one-act, 90-minute opera
Experience
Toledo Opera’s production
of this scintillating, powerful opera
Performance at 7:30 pm
Enjoy hors
d’oeuvres before
and dessert after by Georgio’s Café International
The Overlook at the Valentine
Starts at 6 pm
Opera Synopsis: Salome is
a sensuous tale of obsession and revenge, portraying one
of opera’s most exotic and seductive women. Based on
the Oscar Wilde play, Richard Strauss wrote his greatest
opera, Salome, with a score that is fittingly voluptuous,
seductive and decadent. Cast in one sweeping and intense
act, the action takes place 30 years before the birth of
Christ. Salome is a neurotic and self-absorbed princess obsessed
with John the Baptist. As her reward for dancing for Herod
(the famous Dance of the Seven Veils) she claims the head
of the prophet on a platter. The musical world was shocked
by the powerful psycho-dramatic depiction of intense human
instincts in this opera. Nevertheless, the opera received
38 curtain calls at its premiere performance and has found
devoted fans worldwide from 1905 to the present day.
Special Ticket Package: Toledo
Opera, Toledo City Paper and Georgio’s Café International
are offering this special date night at a price that can’t
be beat: $40 per person (cash bar). To purchase tickets,
please call Toledo Opera at 419-255-7464 and mention Date
Night. For more information about Salome, go to
www.toledoopera.org.
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