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'''La tragédie de Salomé''' <French> / ''The Tragedy of Salome'' (1907) is a ballet by [[Florent Schmitt]] (mus.).
[[File:Salome Rubinstein 1919.jpg|thumb|200px|Ida Rubinstein as [[Salome]] (Paris, 1919)]]
[[File:Tragedy Salome 1919.jpg|thumb|150px|''La tragédie de Salomé'' (Paris, 1919)]]
 
'''La tragédie de Salomé, op. 50''' <French> / ''The Tragedy of Salome'' (1907) is a ballet music by [[Florent Schmitt]] (mus.).


==Abstract==
==Abstract==


Premiered in Paris, France: Théâtre des Arts, 9 November 1907.
Composed in 1907 as ballet music, ''La tragédie de Salomé'' is Florent Schmitt’s most famous composition. Today, it is more often performed as a symphonic suite, in the shortened version that Schmitt himself prepared in 1910.


==Productions==
==Editions, premieres==


* [[La tragédie de Salomé (The Tragedy of Salome / 1912 @1907 Schmitt / Fuller), Paris premiere (ballet)]], starring [[Loise Fuller]].
The ballet premiered in Paris, France: Théâtre des Arts, 9 November 1907.
 
The suite premiered in Paris, France: Orchestre Colonne, 8 January 1911. The score was published by Durant in 1912.
 
==Performance History (ballet)==
 
==== Paris, 1907 (world premiere) ====
 
* Paris, France: Théâtre des Arts, 9 November 1907.
 
* Choreographie: [[Loie Fuller]]
 
* Starring [[Loie Fuller]] ([[Salome]]); [[J. Zorelli]] ([[Herodias]]); [[M. Gorde]] ([[Herod Antipas]]); [[Lou van Tel]] ([[John the Baptist]]); with [[Désiré-Émile Inghelbrecht]] (conductor).  
 
==== Paris, 1912 ====


* [[La tragédie de Salomé (The Tragedy of Salome / 1912 @1907 Schmitt / Guerra), Paris production (ballet)]], starring [[Natasha Trouhanova]]
* [[La tragédie de Salomé (The Tragedy of Salome / 1912 @1907 Schmitt / Guerra), Paris production (ballet)]], starring [[Natasha Trouhanova]]
==== Paris, 1913 ====


* [[La tragédie de Salomé (The Tragedy of Salome / 1913 @1907 Schmitt / Romanov), Paris production (ballet)]], starring [[Tamara Karsavina]]. -- A Ballet Russes production with choreography by Boris Georgevich Romanof -- Paris (France) : Théâtre des Champs-Elysées - 12-06-1913 Contributors : chorégraphie de Boris Romanov (1891-1957); d'après un poème de Robert d'Humières ; musique de Florent Schmitt ; décors et costumes de Serge Soudekine ; régie de Serge Grigoriev ; avec Tamara Karsavina (Salomé) ; chef d'orchestre : Pierre Monteux
* [[La tragédie de Salomé (The Tragedy of Salome / 1913 @1907 Schmitt / Romanov), Paris production (ballet)]], starring [[Tamara Karsavina]]. -- A Ballet Russes production with choreography by Boris Georgevich Romanof -- Paris (France) : Théâtre des Champs-Elysées - 12-06-1913 Contributors : chorégraphie de Boris Romanov (1891-1957); d'après un poème de Robert d'Humières ; musique de Florent Schmitt ; décors et costumes de Serge Soudekine ; régie de Serge Grigoriev ; avec Tamara Karsavina (Salomé) ; chef d'orchestre : Pierre Monteux


* [[La tragédie de Salomé (The Tragedy of Salome / 1919 @1907 Schmitt / Guerra), Paris production (ballet)]], starring [[Ida Rubinstein]] -- Paris (France) : Théâtre national de l'Opéra - Palais Garnier - 01-04-1919 -- Contributors : chorégraphie de Nicolas Guerra ; d'après un poème de Robert d'Humières ; musique de Florent Schmitt ; décors et costumes de René Piot ; avec Ida Rubinstein (Salomé) ; chef d'orchestre : Camille Chevillard
==== Paris, 1919 ====
 
* [[La tragédie de Salomé (The Tragedy of Salome / 1919 Guerra / @1907 Schmitt), Paris production (ballet)]], starring [[Ida Rubinstein]] -- Paris (France) : Théâtre national de l'Opéra - Palais Garnier - 01-04-1919 -- Contributors : chorégraphie de [[Nicholas Guerra]] ; d'après un poème de Robert d'Humières ; musique de Florent Schmitt ; décors et costumes de René Piot ; avec [[Ida Rubinstein]] (Salomé) ; chef d'orchestre : Camille Chevillard
 
==== Paris, 1928 ====


* [[La tragédie de Salomé (The Tragedy of Salome / 1928 @1907 Schmitt), Paris production (ballet)]], starring [[Olga Spessivtseva]]  
* [[La tragédie de Salomé (The Tragedy of Salome / 1928 @1907 Schmitt), Paris production (ballet)]], starring [[Olga Spessivtseva]]  
==== Paris, 1944 ====


* [[La tragédie de Salomé (The Tragedy of Salome / 1944 @1907 Schmitt), Paris production (ballet)]]  
* [[La tragédie de Salomé (The Tragedy of Salome / 1944 @1907 Schmitt), Paris production (ballet)]]  
==== Paris, 1954 ====


* [[La tragédie de Salomé (The Tragedy of Salome / 1954 @1907 Schmitt / Aveline), Paris production (ballet)]], starring [[Lycette Darsonval]] -- 1954 (Paris): Théâtre national de l'Opéra - Palais Garnier - 15-12-1954 -- Contributors : chorégraphie d'Albert Aveline ; d'après un poème de Robert d'Humières ; musique de Florent Schmitt ; décors et costumes d'Yves Brayer ; avec Lycette Darsonval (Salomé), Paulette Dynalix (Hérodiade) ; direction d'orchestre Robert Blot
* [[La tragédie de Salomé (The Tragedy of Salome / 1954 @1907 Schmitt / Aveline), Paris production (ballet)]], starring [[Lycette Darsonval]] -- 1954 (Paris): Théâtre national de l'Opéra - Palais Garnier - 15-12-1954 -- Contributors : chorégraphie d'Albert Aveline ; d'après un poème de Robert d'Humières ; musique de Florent Schmitt ; décors et costumes d'Yves Brayer ; avec Lycette Darsonval (Salomé), Paulette Dynalix (Hérodiade) ; direction d'orchestre Robert Blot
==== Florence, 1973 ====


* [[La tragédie de Salomé (The Tragedy of Salome / 1973 @1907 Schmitt / Gai), Florence production (ballet)]], starring [[Carla Fracci]] -- 1973 (Florence) Maggio Musical Fiorentino  
* [[La tragédie de Salomé (The Tragedy of Salome / 1973 @1907 Schmitt / Gai), Florence production (ballet)]], starring [[Carla Fracci]] -- 1973 (Florence) Maggio Musical Fiorentino  
==== St. Petersburg, 2013 ====


* [[La tragédie de Salomé (The Tragedy of Salome / 2013 @1907 Schmitt / Faski), St. Petersburg production (ballet)]] -- 2013 (Russia): Mariinsky Ballet’s production (Russia)
* [[La tragédie de Salomé (The Tragedy of Salome / 2013 @1907 Schmitt / Faski), St. Petersburg production (ballet)]] -- 2013 (Russia): Mariinsky Ballet’s production (Russia)


==== Adaptations ====
==Performance History (suite)==
 
There is only one recording is the original 1907 version--by [[Patrick Davin]] in 1991. Commonly, to be presented in concert is the shortened 1910 version. The suite premiered in concert in Paris in 1911, under the baton of [[Gabriel Pierné]], who curiously in 1895 had himself composed a Salome ballet. Even since, the suite has been often performed and recorded in Europe and the United States.
 
* [[La tragédie de Salomé (The Tragedy of Salome / 1911 Pierné / @1907 Schmitt), Paris performance, world premiere (suite)]] -- Orchestre Colonne -- Paris 8 January 1911 -- Gabriel Pierné, Conductor
 
* [[La tragédie de Salomé (The Tragedy of Salome / 1914 Muck / @1907 Schmitt), New York (Carnegie) performance (suite)]] -- New York premiere -- Carnegie 10 January 1914 -- Boston Symphony Orchestra -- Karl Muck, Conductor
 
* [[La tragédie de Salomé (The Tragedy of Salome / 1919 Monteux / @1907 Schmitt), New York (Carnegie) performance (suite)]] -- New York performance -- Carnegie 6 December 1919 -- Boston Symphony Orchestra -- Pierre Monteux, Conductor
 
* [[La tragédie de Salomé (The Tragedy of Salome / 1929 Coppola / @1907 Schmitt), sound recording (suite)]] -- Orchestre Symphonique du Gramophone, Piero Coppola, conductor.  Recorded September 1929
 
* [[La tragédie de Salomé (The Tragedy of Salome / 1930 Schmitt / @1907 Schmitt), sound recording (suite)]] -- Orchestre des Concerts Straram, Florent Schmitt, conductor.  Recorded April 18-19, 1930, Théatre des Champs-Elysées (Paris)
 
* [[La tragédie de Salomé (The Tragedy of Salome / 1943 Munch / @1907 Schmitt), sound recording (suite)]] -- Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, Charles Munch, conductor.  Recorded October 15, 1942 and April 3, 1943, Salle du Conservatoire (Paris)
 
* [[La tragédie de Salomé (The Tragedy of Salome / 1955 Freitas Branco / @1907 Schmitt), sound recording (suite)]] Pedro de Freitas Branco and l’Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion-Télévision Française (radio broadcast performance from February 21, 1955).
 
* [[La tragédie de Salomé (The Tragedy of Salome / 1955 Tzincoca / @1907 Schmitt), New York (Carnegie) performance (suite)]] -- New York performance -- Carnegie 27 February 1955 -- New York Philharmonic: Members -- Remus Tzincoca, Conductor
 
* [[La tragédie de Salomé (The Tragedy of Salome / 1958 Paray / @1907 Schmitt), sound recording (suite)]] -- Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray, conductor.  Recorded March 23, 1958, Orchestra Hall (Detroit)
 
* [[La tragédie de Salomé (The Tragedy of Salome / 1958 Dervaux / @1907 Schmitt), sound recording (suite)]] -- Pierre Dervaux and l’Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion-Télévision Française (radio broadcast performance from May 20, 1958).
 
* [[La tragédie de Salomé (The Tragedy of Salome / 1961 Freitas Branco / @1907 Schmitt), sound recording (suite)]] -- Orquestra Sinfónica Nacional, Pedro de Freitas Branco, conductor.  Recorded July 14, 1961, Studio A, Emissora Nacional de Radiodiffusão (Lisbon)  (Live recording)
 
* [[La tragédie de Salomé (The Tragedy of Salome / 1970 Almeida / @1907 Schmitt), sound recording (suite)]] -- New Philharmonia Orchestra, Antonio de Almeida, conductor Recorded 1970, London
 
* [[La tragédie de Salomé (The Tragedy of Salome / 1972 Cox / @1907 Schmitt), New York (Carnegie) performance (suite)]] -- New York performance -- Carnegie 9 & 11 April 1972 -- American Symphony Orchestra -- Ainslee Cox, Conductor
 
* [[La tragédie de Salomé (The Tragedy of Salome / 1972 Martinon / @1907 Schmitt), sound recording (suite)]] -- L’Orchestre National de l’O.R.T.F., Jean Martinon, conductor.  Recorded October 6-7, 1972, Salle Wagram (Paris)
 
* [[La tragédie de Salomé (The Tragedy of Salome / 1988 Janowski / @1907 Schmitt), sound recording (suite)]] -- L’Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio-France, Marek Janowski, conductor.  Recorded  October 1988, Studio 103, Radio-France (Paris)
 
* [[La tragédie de Salomé (The Tragedy of Salome / 1991 Davin / @1907 Schmitt), sound recording (suite)]] -- Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz, Patrick Davin, conductor.  Recorded December 18-19, 1991, Pfalzbau-Hall (Ludwigshafen) (Original 1907 version)
 
* [[La tragédie de Salomé (The Tragedy of Salome / 2006 Fischer / @1907 Schmitt), sound recording (suite)]] -- BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Thierry Fischer, conductor.  Recorded October 24-25, 2006, Brangwyn Hall, Guildhall (Swansea)
 
* [[La tragédie de Salomé (The Tragedy of Salome / 2007 Cambreling / @1907 Schmitt), sound recording (suite)]] -- SWR Symphony Orchestra (Baden-Baden u. Freiburg), Sylvain Cambreling, conductor.  Recorded December 2007, Konzerthaus (Freiburg)
 
* [[La tragédie de Salomé (The Tragedy of Salome / 2009 Goetzel / @1907 Schmitt), sound recording (suite)]] -- Borusan-Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra, Sascha Goetzel, conductor.  Recorded May 24-29, 2009, Borusan Oto, Istinye (Istanbul)
 
* [[La tragédie de Salomé (The Tragedy of Salome / 2010 Nézet-Séguin / @1907 Schmitt), sound recording (suite)]] -- Orchestre Métropolitain, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor.  Recorded July 2010, Église Saint-Ferdinand, Laval (Québec)


* [[La tragédie de Salomé (The Tragedy of Salome / 1907 Schmitt), suite (music)]]
* [[La tragédie de Salomé (The Tragedy of Salome / 2010 Tortelier / @1907 Schmitt), sound recording (suite)]] -- Orquesta Sinfónica do Estado de São Paulo, Yan-Pascal Tortelier, conductor.  Recorded July 5-9, 2010, Júlio Prestes Cultural Center (São Paulo)


==External links==
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[[Category:French language--1990s|1995 Putignano]]
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Latest revision as of 10:24, 29 August 2021

Ida Rubinstein as Salome (Paris, 1919)
La tragédie de Salomé (Paris, 1919)

La tragédie de Salomé, op. 50 <French> / The Tragedy of Salome (1907) is a ballet music by Florent Schmitt (mus.).

Abstract

Composed in 1907 as ballet music, La tragédie de Salomé is Florent Schmitt’s most famous composition. Today, it is more often performed as a symphonic suite, in the shortened version that Schmitt himself prepared in 1910.

Editions, premieres

The ballet premiered in Paris, France: Théâtre des Arts, 9 November 1907.

The suite premiered in Paris, France: Orchestre Colonne, 8 January 1911. The score was published by Durant in 1912.

Performance History (ballet)

Paris, 1907 (world premiere)

  • Paris, France: Théâtre des Arts, 9 November 1907.

Paris, 1912

Paris, 1913

Paris, 1919

Paris, 1928

Paris, 1944

Paris, 1954

Florence, 1973

St. Petersburg, 2013

Performance History (suite)

There is only one recording is the original 1907 version--by Patrick Davin in 1991. Commonly, to be presented in concert is the shortened 1910 version. The suite premiered in concert in Paris in 1911, under the baton of Gabriel Pierné, who curiously in 1895 had himself composed a Salome ballet. Even since, the suite has been often performed and recorded in Europe and the United States.

External links