Later Herodias's daughter Salome ( who was both Herod's grand-niece and stepdaughter ) dances before Herod, who offers her a favour in return.

Some believe this myth was embodied in the dance of the seven veils of Salome, who danced for King Herod, as mentioned in the New Testament in and.

* Herod II ( c. 27 BC-33 AD ), sometimes called Herod Philip I, father of Salome

He played Herod Antipas in Salome ( 1953, with Rita Hayworth in the title role ) and repeated his role as Henry VIII in Young Bess ( 1953 ).

** Berenice ( daughter of Salome ), daughter of Salome I, a sister of Herod the Great

According to Mark 6: 21-29 ( Salome is not mentioned by name in this passage so reference is incomplete ), Salome was the stepdaughter of Herod Antipas.

Salome danced before Herod and her mother Herodias at the occasion of his birthday, and in doing so gave her mother the opportunity to obtain the head of John the Baptist.

The name " Salome " is given to the stepdaughter of Herod Antipas ( unnamed in the Gospels of Matthew and Mark ) in Josephus's Jewish Antiquities ( Book XVIII, Chapter 5, 4 ): Herodias, [...], was married to Herod, the son of Herod the Great, who was born of Mariamne, the daughter of Simon the high priest, who had a daughter, Salome ; after whose birth Herodias took upon her to

confound the laws of our country, and divorced herself from her husband while he was alive, and was married to Herod, her husband's brother by the father's side, he was tetrarch of Galilee ; but her daughter Salome was married to Philip, the son of Herod, and tetrarch of Trachonitis ; and as he died childless,

Herod II and Herodias had a daughter named Salome, although some scholars indicate that some Greek texts show that Salome may have also been called Herodias like her mother, but was referred to as Salome in order to avoid confusion.

In fin-de-siècle decadence, Oscar Wilde reinvented the femme fatale in the play Salome: she manipulates her lust-crazed uncle, King Herod, with her enticing Dance of the Seven Veils ( Wilde's invention ) to agree to her imperious demand: " bring me the head of John the Baptist ".

It was bequeathed by King Herod upon his death to his sister Salome.

* The prophet of " Though I have seen my head ( grown slightly bald ) brought in upon a platter / I am no prophet-and here's no great matter " ( 81-2 ) is John the Baptist, whose head was delivered to Salome by Herod as a reward for her dancing ( Matthew 14: 1-11, and Oscar Wilde's play Salome ).

** Herod, Salome ( Richard Strauss )

The Strauss opera moves the center of interest to Salome, away from Herod Antipas.

* Richard Strauss — Salome, opera in one act based on Wilde's play ( 1905 )

In 1905, Strauss produced Salome, a somewhat dissonant modernist opera based on the play by Oscar Wilde, which produced a passionate reaction from audiences.

As he descended the staircase he announced to Lieutenant Milton Weiss of the U. S. Army, " I am Richard Strauss, the composer of Rosenkavalier and Salome.

His work there included a highly controversial staging of Strauss ’ Salome with sets by Salvador Dalí and also an effective re-staging of Puccini ’ s La Boheme using sets dating from 1899.

** Erich Leinsdorf ( conductor ), Leontyne Price & the Boston Symphony Orchestra for Strauss: Salome ( Dance of the Seven Veils, Interlude, Final Scene )/ The Egyptian Helen ( Awakening Scene )

* Salome, opera by Richard Strauss, based on a German translation ( by Hedwig Lachmann, grandmother of Mike Nichols ) of the play by Oscar Wilde.

Later, Salome was the subject of an opera by Strauss, was popularized on stage, screen, and peep-show booth in countless reincarnations.

Baker recorded roles in the first British recordings of Parsifal by Richard Wagner, Hiawatha by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Salome by Richard Strauss and Beethoven's Ninth Symphony.

* Salome ( opera ), a 1905 opera by Richard Strauss

Finally, after the Prague premiere of Salome in 1906, Novák formed an attachment to the music of Richard Strauss that would remain for the rest of his career.

** Erich Leinsdorf ( conductor ), Leontyne Price & the Boston Symphony Orchestra for Strauss: Salome ( Dance of the Seven Veils, Interlude, Final Scene )/ The Egyptian Helen ( Awakening Scene )

* Strauss: Salome ( Tasso, Benedetti, Djanel ; Simonetto, 1952 ) MYTO

* Strauss, Salome, with Karl Böhm

* Richard Strauss, Arias from Salome, Ariadne auf Naxos, Die Liebe der Danae, and Capriccio, with Júlia Várady and the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra on the Orfeo label

* R. Strauss: Salome ( with Caballé, R. Lewis, Resnik, J.

She sang in 54 operas, including 12 premieres, the most famous of which was Salome by Richard Strauss ( 5 December 1906 ).

She became part of the Basel Opera company between 1957 and 1959, singing a repertoire that included Mozart ( Erste Dame in The Magic Flute ) and Richard Strauss ( Salome ) in German, unusual for Spanish singers, but which proved useful for her next engagement at the Bremen Opera ( 1959 – 1962 ).

* 1905: Richard Strauss – Salome, 9 December 1905

:* Salome, Salome ( Richard Strauss )

Draeseke could be sharply critical and this sometimes led to strained relations, the most notorious instance being with Richard Strauss, when Draeseke attacked Strauss ’ s Salome in his 1905 pamphlet Die Konfusion in der Musik — rather surprising, as Draeseke was a clear influence on the young Strauss.

** Salome, Salome ( Richard Strauss ) ( high dramatic soprano )