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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]].

'''Hardee's''' is a [[United States|US]] [[fast-food restaurant]] which has been frequently criticized for its especially low-[[quality]]. In early/mid-[[2003]], Hardee's launched a [[television]] [[advertising]] [[campaign]]; in which, they [[argument|argued]] that [[consumer]]s should come [[taste]] their new [[angus beef]] [[hamburger]]s.

==Characters==

Hardee's is owned by CKE Restaurants, Inc.; Hardee's is now indistinguishable from the west coast-based [[Carl's Jr.]] fast food restaurants.

*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

==External linkSetting==

*Place: [[Carthage]]

*[http://www.ckr.com CKE Restaurants corporate website]

*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.

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

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

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