Ariadne auf Naxos (Rec 1954)
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RICHARD STRAUSS
Ariadne auf Naxos (Rec 1954)
Streich Rita (Soprano), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Soprano), Philharmonia Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan (Conductor), Otto Ackermann (Conductor)
[ Naxos Historical Great Opera Recordings / 2 CD ]
Release Date: Tuesday 18 April 2006
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In 1942 Richard Strauss, then approaching his eightieth birthday, recalled that the original intention behind Ariadne auf Naxos was as a grateful offering to the theatre director Max Reinhardt (1873-1943). It was to form an epilogue to a comedy by Molière, Le bourgeois gentilhomme. The original concept had been a half-hour long opera for a small chamber orchestra. This was later expanded to the play, which Hofmannsthal had reduced from five acts to two, followed by a ballet concluding with a commedia dell'arte. The resulting première took place at the Kleines Haus of the Hoftheater in Stuttgart on 25th October 1912 under the composer.
Tracks:
Ariadne auf Naxos, Op. 60, TrV 228a
Capriccio, Op. 85, TrV 279 (excerpts)
