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'''''Salammbô''''' is an [[opera]] in four acts composed by [[Ernest Reyer]] to a [[French language|French]] [[libretto]] by [[Camille du Locle]]. It is based on the novel ''[[Salammbô (novel)|Salammbô]]'' by [[Gustave Flaubert]]. The opera was first performed at the [[La Monnaie|Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie]] in [[Brussels]] on [[February 10]] [[1890]]. It debuted at the [[Metropolitan Opera]] in [[New York City]] on [[March 20]], [[1901]].

'''Sago''' is a [[starch]]y, [[Fecula|fecula]], granular substance used in [[cooking]]. It is very similar to [[tapioca]], and used for much the same purpose.

==Characters==

Sago is the inside of the [[cycad]] ''[[Cycas]] revoluta'' stem. The pith is washed, then the part that comes out in the water is dried and cooked. It is eaten in the lowlands of [[Irian Jaya]].

*Salammbô (Soprano), Hamilcar's daughter

*Shahabarim (Tenor), High Priest of Tanit

*Narr'Havas (Basse chantante), King of Numidia

*Giscon (Bass), Carthaginian general

*Mathô (Tenor), Lybian mercenary

*Hamilcar (Baritone), Carthaginian Suffete

*Spendius (Baritone), Greek slave

*Autharite (Bass), Gaulish mercenary

*Taanach (Mezzo-soprano), Salammbo's servant

==Setting==

Sago can be made into steamed [[pudding]]s such as [[sago plum pudding]], or ground into a powder and used as a thickener for other dishes or as a dense glutinous [[flour]].

*Place: [[Carthage]]

*Time: 240 BC

==Other opera adaptations==

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In [[1863]], [[Modest Mussorgsky]] also started writing text and music for an opera based on Flaubert's novel, but he never managed to complete the work.

For the film score of [[Orson Welles]]' ''[[Citizen Kane]]'', [[Bernard Herrmann]] wrote an aria for the fictional opera ''Salammbô'' performed by Kane's wife.

The [[sago palm]] is an ornamental plant that is slow growing.

Contemporary French composer [[Philippe Fénélon]]'s ''Salammbô'' was first performed in the [[Opéra Bastille]] in [[1998]].

[[Category:Operas by Ernest Reyer]]

[[Category:French-language operas]]

[[Category:1901 operas]]

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