Hérodiade
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-->Hérodiade is an opera in four acts by Jules Massenet to a French libretto by Paul Milliet and Henri Grémont, based on the novella Hérodias by Gustave Flaubert. It was first performed at the Théâtre de la Monnaie in Brussels on December 19, 1881. The opera is a retelling of the story of John the Baptist, Salome, Herod Antipas and Herodias, but is strikingly less psychological and bloody than Richard Strauss's Salome.
Principal characters
- Salomé (soprano)
- Hérodiade (mezzo-soprano)
- Jean (tenor)
- Hérode (baritone)
- Phanuel (bass)
Noted
- Act I - Salomé: "Il est doux, il est bon"
- Act I - Hérodiade: "Ne me refuse pas"
- Act I - Hérode: "Vision fugitive"
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