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