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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]].

The '''New River, Holston and Western Railroad''' was an intrastate railroad in southwestern [[Virginia]]. It extended from [[Narrows, Virginia|Narrows]] on the [[New River]] in [[Giles County, Virginia|Giles County]] to [[Suiter, Virginia|Suiter]] in [[Bland County, Virginia|Bland County]]. The railroad followed the course of Wolf Creek or its tributaries for its entire length. The total distance between Narrows and Suiter is approximately 43 miles.

==Characters==

Construction started in 1903 from Narrows, but only three miles of track was laid. In 1912, the line was extended to [[Rocky Gap, Virginia|Rocky Gap]] and by 1914 had reached Suiter. In 1919, the line was sold to the Norfolk and Western Railroad. Operations continued until 1946.

*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

== References Setting==

*Place: [[Carthage]]

[http://www.bland.k12.va.us/bland/Rocky/railroad.html Brief history, photos, and rememberances]

*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.

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

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