La Tragédie de Salomé (1907/10): Florent Schmitt’s sinuous temptress, seducing audiences for over 100 years.

September 14, 2012 · by Phillip Nones | in Ballet, Classical Music, Composers, French Composers | tagged Andre Cluytens, Ballet, Chandler Cudlipp, Classical Music, Composers, d'Indy, Deneve, Dukas, Emerson Buckley, Florent Schmitt, Francois Huybrechts, Georges Wague, Harold C. Schonberg, Harold Lawrence, Istar, JoAnn Falletta, Karl Muck, La Peri, Lionel Bringuier, Lionel Salter, Loie Fuller, Lycette Darsonval, Marc Soustrot, Mariinsky Ballet, Music, Natalia Trouhanova, Paul Charles Delaroche, Paul Paray, Pierre Monteux, Pierre-Octave Ferroud, Ravel, Rene Dumesnil, Rhene-Baton, Richard Aldrich, Robert Layton, Rosella Hightower, Salome, Schmitt, Stephane Deneve, Stravinsky, Susan Youens, Theatre des Arts, Theatre Hebertot, Valses Nobles | 14 Comments

“[It] is like a half-hour visit to the pleasure dome in Xanadu, and if it doesn’t give you a few spiritual orgasms, then perhaps you need to insert Viagra® in each of your ears.” — Raymond Tuttle, Music Critic, Fanfare Magazine The ballet La Tragédie de Salomé, Op. 50 is Florent Schmitt’s most famous […]