The Queen of Sheba

Karl Goldmark

1875

Die Königin von Saba (The Queen of Sheba) is Karl Goldmark’s most famous opera. Premiering in Vienna in 1875, its imaginative plot revolves around a love triangle involving the Queen of Sheba, Assad (an ambassador at the court of the biblical King Solomon), and Sulamith (Assad’s betrothed) during the Queen of Sheba’s visit to King Solomon.

We’re sorry. The Posen Library’s licensing agreements prevent this image from being printed or downloaded.

Credits

Karl Goldmark, "Die Königin von Saba" [The Queen of Sheba] (Leipzig: Hugo Pohle, n.d.), Plate 348.H.P.342.

Published in: Elisheva Carlebach, ed., The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization, vol. 6, Confronting Modernity, 1750–1880 (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2019).

Engage with this Source
Sheet music.
Tooltip info icon

Related Guide

Music and Opera in Jewish Culture

1750–1880

One of the most striking changes in European Jewish culture toward the later eighteenth century was marked by the entry of Jews into art music, opera houses, and the stage.

You may also like

Printed page with French text in center, columns with figures, and ornate border.
Tooltip info icon

La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein

La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein is an opéra bouffe (French comic opera), composed by Jacques Offenbach when his career was at its height. It premiered in 1867 and had performances at the Paris…
View Source
Printed page of French text surrounded by columns and three classical figures on top, one seated in center holding a scroll, another holding a harp, and a third holding a mask.
Tooltip info icon

Tales of Hoffmann

Tales of Hoffmann, an opéra fantastique, is the final work of composer Jacques Offenbach, who died four months before its premiere in Paris in 1881. At the time of Offenbach’s death, the opera was…
View Source