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Master of The works of Richard Strauss
schopenhauer Shocking Operas
They banned the show (oh yeah!) / But the scandal paid the bills (paid the bills!) / That shocking dance (so wild!) / Built a villa in the hills (yes it did!)
schopenhauer Strauss invented a unique, jarring chord in Elektra that symbolized the main character's obsession with revenge.
schopenhauer Elektra pushed classical harmony to the brink of chaos with its massive orchestra and intense vocal demands.
schopenhauer Test your knowledge of shocking operas with this trivia game. Can you identify the scandalous Richard Strauss work from our opera gossip box clue?
Salome's ban: The Metropolitan Opera in New York banned Salome after just one performance in 1907 because wealthy patrons found it too shocking.
A theatrical work in which a drama is set to music and sung by performers. In 1905, Richard Strauss debuted a controversial masterpiece featuring a notorious dance and a severed head.
Which Irish playwright wrote the original play that Strauss adapted into his scandalous 1905 opera Salome?
What real-life profession did Strauss's wife, Pauline de Ahna, hold before and during their marriage?
How many musicians did Strauss require in the orchestra for his intense 1909 opera Elektra?
Why was Salome banned from the Metropolitan Opera in New York after its first performance in 1907?
In which German city did the controversial world premiere of Salome take place in 1905?
Which opera marked the very first collaboration between Richard Strauss and the writer Hugo von Hofmannsthal?
What is the name of the famous, provocative dance performed by the main character in Strauss's Salome?
What psychological state is represented by the famous, dissonant "Elektra chord" in Strauss's 1909 opera?