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Salome is a tragic opera in one act by the German composer Richard Strauss (see Strauss, Richard). The German poet and translator Hedwig Lachmann wrote the libretto (text) in German. It was a translation of a play in French, Salome, by the Irish-born author Oscar Wilde (see Wilde, Oscar). It was first performed in Dresden, Germany, on Dec. 9, 1905.

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