Ariadne Auf Naxos

Synopsis

Christian Thielemann conducts this Staatskapelle Dresden production of Richard Strauss' chamber opera. The opera follows events at the home of the wealthiest man in Vienna, who has booked both a comedy burlesque act and a serious opera group for entertainment. When the dinner runs long he declares that both forms of entertainment must take place at the same time - much to the chagrin of the opera's proud young composer. Filmed live in Baden-Baden on Feb. 25 by the veteran director Brian Large, Renée Fleming makes her debut in the role of Ariadne together with fellow key Strauss interpreters Sophie Koch and Christian Thielemann, following on from their Rosenkavalier triumph. Thielemann conducts the Staatskapelle Dresden, the orchestra to whom Strauss dedicated his Alpine Symphony and which premiered Feuersnot, Salome, Elektra, Der Rosenkavalier and Daphne.

Main Cast

Christian Thielemann

Conductor

Age : 65 | Popularity : 3%

Renée Fleming

Ariadne/Prima Donna

Age : 65 | Popularity : 8%

Eike Wilm Schulte

Musiklehrer

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Sophie Koch

Komponist

Age : 55 | Popularity : 3%

Robert Dean Smith

Bacchus/The Tenor

Age : N/A | Popularity : 7%

Jane Archibald

Zerbinetta

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

René Kollo

Haushofmeister

Age : 86 | Popularity : 4%

Kevin Conners

Brighella

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Brian Large Philippe Arlaud
Sound	Original Music Composer	Richard Strauss
Writing	Writer	Hugo von Hofmannsthal
Department	Role	Name

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