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24 February 2006

"J'ai baisé ta bouche Jokanaan". Salome's last scene, Karen Huffstodt (soprano), maestro Kent Nagano conducting. →[More:]

post by: matteo at: 10:06 | 7 comments

Historical and Biblical background (.pdf)

Salome: electronic texts

Libretto:

SALOMÉ

Ah! j'ai baisé ta bouche, Iokanaan, j'ai baisé ta bouche. Il y avait une âcre saveur sur tes lèvres. Était-cé la saveur du sang?...Mais, peut-étre est-ce la saveur de l'amour. On dit que l'amour a une âcre saveur...Mais, qu'importe? Qu'importe? J'ai baisé ta bouche, Iokanaan, j'ai baisé ta bouche.

posted by matteo 24 February | 10:06

Aubrey Beardsley's illustration

posted by matteo 24 February | 10:07

Is this from the Strauss opera? I didn't know it had ever been done in French.

posted by matildaben 24 February | 10:17

matildaben, after the German debut Strauss did a French version of the opera using Oscar Wilde's original text

posted by matteo 24 February | 11:25

I learn something new every day. I think I've seen it twice. In Vancouver with a very sexy dreadlocked African-American (African-Canadian?) Jochanaan.

posted by matildaben 24 February | 11:54

right on -- I'm so sick and tired of all those Aryan Jokaanans

posted by matteo 24 February | 12:28

*runs into thread, whuffles mats and matteo, scampers out*

posted by Specklet 24 February | 14:18

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