Ljuba Welitsch is arguably the most famous soprano to play the title character in this opera, based on a Hedwig Lachmann translation. After the title character leaves a feast, she can hear her mother, Herodias, being cursed at. This opera contains a passage for quarrelling Jews and a spell in which the title character gives vent to her lust for Jokanaan.  Jokanaan is later
Ljuba Welitsch is arguably the most famous soprano to play the title character in this opera, based on a Hedwig Lachmann translation. After the title character leaves a feast, she can hear her mother, Herodias, being cursed at. This opera contains a passage for quarrelling Jews and a spell in which the title character gives vent to her lust for Jokanaan.  Jokanaan is later slain and his severed head presented to to the title character upon a silver charger.  Set in Palestine at the time of Christ, FTP name this opera by Strauss in which the title character performs the "Dance of the Seven Veils" before King Herod and his court.
Ljuba Welitsch is arguably the most famous soprano to play the title character in this opera, based on a Hedwig Lachmann translation.
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