One of this opera's leitmotifs consists of the short-long descending fourths C G, then F C, then the tritone A D-sharp. At the beginning of this opera, a girl promises to throw a tiny green flower to the man who takes her to the cistern. That girl praises another man whose body "was like an ivory column." It later features 
One of this opera's leitmotifs consists of the short-long descending fourths C G, then F C, then the tritone A D-sharp. At the beginning of this opera, a girl promises to throw a tiny green flower to the man who takes her to the cistern. That girl praises another man whose body "was like an ivory column." It later features a quintet of arguing Jews, and ends with the instruction, "kill the woman!" A dissonant chord played sforzando near the end of this work has been called "the most (*) sickening chord in all opera." That chord is played just after the title soprano says, "I have now kissed thy mouth," to the severed head of Jochanaan. A body double is sometimes used when that soprano gains the favor of her stepfather, Herod, by performing the Dance of the Seven Veils. For 10 points, name this opera with a libretto based on a play by Oscar Wilde with music by Richard Strauss.
One of this opera's leitmotifs consists of the short-long descending fourths C G, then F C, then the tritone