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| Composer | Strauss, Richard (1864-1949) |
| Period | Romantic |
| Work type | Opera scene/aria |
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RomeDaniel Harding / Corinne Winters
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Vacchi, Strauss R.
Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia; Daniel Harding; Corinne Winters
NaplesDan Ettinger / Asmik Grigorian
Wagner, Puccini, Verdi, Strauss R.
Orchestra del Teatro di San Carlo; Dan Ettinger; Asmik Grigorian
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Gergiev brings the Mariinsky to Barcelona
Gergiev and the Mariinsky excel in Act III of Tristan und Isolde with the help of star singing from Vekua, Westbroek and Nikitin; George Li shows promise in Liszt.
Where the noise began: Richard Strauss at the Royal Festival Hall
A pub quiz question for you, dear reader: with which work did 20th century music begin? The rest is noise, Alex Ross's history of 20th century music, opens with Richard Strauss's 1905 opera Salome, focusing particularly on its final bars. As Princess Salome is crushed under the shields of King Herod's guard, the music turns to what Ross describes as "...a tumult... a howl... a shriek...
Héroïnes aux Champs-Élysées : la grande voix d’Elsa Dreisig
Cantatrice en pleine ascension, Elsa Dreisig se produisait au Théâtre des Champs-Élysées pour son premier grand récital parisien. Une interprétation splendide dans un programme qui mettait en miroirs quelques scènes d’opéra.