Salome Study Guides
January 26, 2012
6:30pm - 8:25pm
(NOTE: limited to Grades 9-12 only)
Salome High School Study Guide
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Study Questions for Richard Strauss' Salome
These study questions are to help you support your knowledge of Salome based on the video that you’ve just seen and to help you get to know the opera better. If you want, you might Google one of the questions or topics in order to broaden your knowledge of the opera. You will also find examples of the opera on You Tube: do a search for Strauss, Salome. These examples are from productions of the opera all over the world and will show you how various opera companies deal with the sets, costumes and style of the opera.
- Where can you find the original story of Salome, King Herod and John the Baptist?
- What does King Herod promise to Salome for her dance?
- What does Salome actually ask for after her dance?
- Who wrote the play Salome which the composer used as the basis for the opera?
- What do you call a short melody which symbolizes a character, emotion or important plot point in an opera?
- Which important German composer was influential on Richard Strauss and his method of composing music for the opera?
- True or false: Salome was considered a very tame opera in its time and was accepted as a perfect entertainment for the entire family.
- What sorts of themes and ideas were added to the original story of Salome which make both the play and the opera a completely different experience?
- How is Salome usually depicted in paintings? Describe one of those paintings.
- Who is Jochanaan?