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Oscar Wilde
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Writer of the play that R. Strauss arranged for Salome libretto.
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Hedwig Lachmann
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Translator of O. Wilde play that Strauss used for Salome
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Dresden
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German city where Rosenkavalier and Salome premiered
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Emmy Destinn
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German soprano who created Salome
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Max Reinhardt
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Owned theatre where Wilde's Salome play was seen by Strauss
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Pauline de Ahna
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Soprano wife of Strauss
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Berlin
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Germany city where Wozzeck was premiered
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Erich Kleiber
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Wozzeck conductor at its Berlin premiere.
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Schoenberg
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Taught Berg, and first to publish Sprechstimme
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Humperdink
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Inventor of sprechstimme
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Leopold Stokowski
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Conductor who premiered Wozzeck in USA at Philly
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Hugo Hofmannsthal
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Librettist for Rosenkavalier
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George Crabbe
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Poet of "The Borough" on which Peter Grimes is based
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Montagu Slater
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Peter Grimes librettist
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Serge Koussevitsky
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Famous conductor who commissioned Peter Grimes
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Frank Bridge
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composer and Britten's composition teacher
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Maltings
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Theatre built by Britten for Aldeburgh Festival
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6 Operas of Strauss
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Salome
Elektra Der Rosenkavalier Ariadne auf Naxos Frau ohne Schatten Arabella |
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6 Operas of Britten
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Peter Grimes
Rape of Lucretia Albert Herring Billy Budd Turn of the Screw Midsummer Night's Dream |
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2 Russian composers + operas
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Tchaik - Onegin
R-K - Sadko |
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Balfe
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Famous Irish composer
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Uppmann
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created Billy Budd
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Sadler's Wells
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London theatre where Grimes premiered
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Lotte Lehmann
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most famous Salome
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George Buchner
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Author of unfinished play on which Wozzeck is based
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Mary Garden
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First in sing Salome in USA
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Olive Fremstad
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First to sing Salome at MET
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