Event listing: Ariadne auf Naxos | Lyric Opera House | Sun 11 Dec 2011 at 14:00

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Lyric Opera House Chicago, Illinois, IL60606, United States

Dates/times in Chicago time zone

Programme

Strauss, Richard (1864-1949)

Performers

Lyric Opera of Chicago
John Cox	Director
Sir Andrew Davis	Conductor
Amber Wagner	Soprano	The Primadonna (Ariadne)
Anna Christy	Soprano	Zerbinetta
Alice Coote	Mezzo-soprano	Composer
Brandon Jovanovich	Tenor	The Tenor (Bacchus)

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Lyric Opera of Chicago presents a taut, effective Ariadne auf Naxos

Bachtrack reviewer, 11th December

The gist of Ariadne auf Naxos, Richard Strauss’ opera-within-an-opera, is this: a demanding patron insists on having his entertainment for a given evening – a burlesque act and an opera – combined into one work, greatly upsetting the archetypal “serious artist” composer of the opera.

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