The Queen of Sheba
Karl Goldmark
1875
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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.
Credits
Karl Goldmark, "Die Königin von Saba" [The Queen of Sheba] (Leipzig: Hugo Pohle, n.d.), Plate 348.H.P.342.
Published in: The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization, vol. 6.
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