Richard Strauss - Ariadne Auf Naxos

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Richard Strauss - Ariadne Auf Naxos (2012)

Directed by Brian Large, Phillipe Arlaud

“A Glorious Ariadne”

· 1h 40m

Flemings voice might have been made for Ariadne and she achieved a great personal triumph in this production: The chief glory of the evening was hearing Renee Fleming, the Straussian soprano par excellence, making her role debut as Ariadne… As the possessor of what is, possibly, the most beautiful soprano voice in the world, she put her vocal treasures in the service of an empathic, nuanced interpretation of the role. From the creamy top, through a rich, warm middle, to the bewitching, darker colours of her lower register, Fleming poured her magnificent sound into Strausss enchanting melodic arcs, animating the sadness, vulnerability, and desire of the bereft princess...

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Cast

Renée Fleming Ariadne Sophie Koch Komponist
E
Eike Wilm Schulte Musiklehrer
R
Robert Dean Smith Tenor/Bacchus
J
Jane Archibald Zerbinetta Christian Thielemann Conductor
S
Staatskapelle Dresden

Crew

Director
Brian Large, Phillipe Arlaud
Writer
Hugo von Hofmannsthal
Original Music Composer
Richard Strauss

Details

Release date
2012-08-21
Runtime
1h 40m
Original language
DE
Spoken languages
German
Countries
Germany
Production
Decca