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Leonie Rysanek (Empress) – James King (Emperor) – Christa Ludwig (Dyer’s Wife) & Walter Berry (Barak, the Dyer) – “Die Frau ohne Schatten” Finale – R. Strauss by Luca

Leonie Rysanek (Empress) – James King (Emperor) – Christa Ludwig (Dyer’s Wife) & Walter Berry (Barak, the Dyer) – “Die Frau ohne Schatten” Finale – Metropolitan Opera Orchestra – Conductor M.° Karl Böhm. LIVE 1966. “The tremendous finale from Richard Strauss’s Die Frau ohne Schatten. This Metropolitan Opera broadcast from December 17, 1966 is as […]

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Die Frau ohne Schatten – Extract from Robin Holloway’s essay by Luca

Die Frau ohne Schatten all too obviously sets out to take the heights and depths by storm. But when musical inspiration manifestly fails to equate with sublime aspiration the result is cold, even when executed with flawless technique, boundless energy and millions of notes. This aesthetic area where will is required to pass for deed, […]

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Dialogues and extensions – An essay by Bryan Gilliam by Luca

“What could be more serious than married life?,” Richard Strauss once remarked about his Sinfonia domestica (1904), “marriage is the most profound event in life and the spiritual joy of such a union is heightened by the arrival of a child.” On the surface the remark appears to be a defense of his domestic symphony […]

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Symphonische Fantasie aus “Die Frau ohne Schatten” – Richard Strauss by Luca

Richard Strauss (11 June 1864 – 8 September 1949) – Symphonische Fantasie aus “Die Frau ohne Schatten”. Berliner Philarmoniker M.° Zubin Mehta Conductor. “Die Frau ohne Schatten” (“The Woman without a Shadow”) is an opera in three acts by Richard Strauss with a libretto by his long-time collaborator, the poet Hugo von Hofmannsthal. It was […]

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