WALNUT CREEK — Peek inside the libretto of Richard Strauss’ heroic and lighthearted 1916 opera “Ariadne auf Naxos” and you will find an opera within an opera. Peek inside the preparations made by ...
We were put off our guard by seeing opera stars in the backstage Prologue preparing for an 18 th century opera seria – to be famously interrupted by common or garden song and dance in poet-librettist ...
'Ariadne auf Naxos': 'An earnest, heroic drama disrupted by irrelevant characters'Images by Richard H Smith Ariadne auf Naxos, according to its librettist Hugo von Hofmannsthal, is all about fidelity: ...
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You might call it glorious chaos. “Ariadne auf Naxos” rides again at Seattle Opera, in a remount of the company’s triumphant 2004 production of the Strauss classic. With a mostly new cast capering ...
To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. Richard Strauss’ zany “Ariadne auf Naxos” is an ...
Our Virginia Opera is currently performing the Richard Strauss opera, “ARIADNE AUF NAXOS” at The Harrison Opera House. This is one heck of a show! The two-act opera is hilarious as it pokes fun at the ...
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RICHARD Strauss's opera Ariadne Auf Naxos is a curious animal with a circuitous history. First staged in Stuttgart in 1912, with a libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal, it was created to be performed ...
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