Which Biblical temptress has inspired plays by Oscar Wilde and Nick Cave, operas by Richard Strauss and Antoine Mariotte, a ballet by Florent Schmitt, films, a sculpture by Tilman Riemenschneider and numerous paintings, including those by Sandro Botticelli, Titian, Caravaggio, Caracciolo, Gustave Dor, James Tissot, Aubrey Beardsley and Robert Henri?
Salomé (Mariotte) Salomé (Mariotte) Salomé is an opera in one act by Antoine Mariotte to a libretto based on the French play "Salome" by Oscar Wilde. However, that work was itself inspired by Flaubert's "Herodias". Mariotte began to compose his opera before the far more famous treatment of the same source by German composer Richard Strauss ("Salome"), but his premiered after the Strauss work. While in the French navy in the Far East, Mariotte had read the Oscar Wilde play "Salome", and decided to set it to music. During his return to Europe by sea, he had access to a piano to
By Strauss and give me song"). Performed by the Gershwins at private parties, Vincente Minnelli included it in his 1936 revue "The Show is On", where it was introduced by Gracie Barrie and Robert Shafter. It was then performed by Gene Kelly and Oscar Levant in Minnelli's 1951 film "An American in Paris". The song was also featured in the musical "Nice Work If You Can Get It", performed by the character Estonia Dulworth in a counterpoint with a reprise of "Sweet and Lowdown". By Strauss "By Strauss" is a 1936 song composed by George Gershwin, with lyrics by Ira Gershwin. It