(at around 40 mins) The opera "Salome" by Richard Strauss is about the stepdaughter and niece of King Herod. Herod, desiring Salome, asks her to do the dance of the seven veils in exchange for her heart's desire. Salome agrees, but after the dance, requests the head of John the Baptist on a platter. She receives the head, but Herod, frightened and superstitious, orders Salome to be killed.

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