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Elisabeth Schwarzkopf sings “Im Abendrot” from “Vier letzte Lieder” by Richard Strauss (1864-1949). LIVE in Amsterdam 1964. M.° Georg Szell Conductor – Koninklijk Concertgebouworkest (Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra).

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Elisabeth Schwarzkopf sings “Morgen Mittag um elf” (Monolog der Gräfin) Final Scene I Part from Richard Strauss “Capriccio” – LIVE in Salzburg. M.° Karl Böhm Conductor – 1960. Capriccio, Op. 85, is the final opera by German composer Richard Strauss, subtitled “A Conversation Piece for Music”. The opera received its premiere performance at the Nationaltheater […]

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June Anderson – Final scene from “Capriccio” – Richard Strauss (1864 – 1949). LIVE in concert – Teatro Massimo – Palermo – Italy – 2002. Orchestra del Teatro Massimo conducted by M.° Philippe Auguin

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The first love of Apollo was Daphne, who refused him and fled, turning in her flight into a laurel-tree. Love disguised as Friendship Leucippus, son of King Oenomaus of Pisa and brother of Hippodamia, the wife of Pelops, fell in love with Daphne. In order to approach her, however, he decided not to court her […]

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James King – Fritz Wunderlich – Hilda Guden – “Zu dir nun, Knabe … Jeden heilingen Morgen” Excerpt from I Act of “Daphne” (1938) – Richard Strauss (1864 – 1949). Wiener Staatsopernorchester conducted by M.° Karl Böhm. 1964.

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The monumental Kirsten Flagstad (1895 – 1962), R.I.P., “the voice of the 20th century” sings “Im Abendrot” from the “Vier letzte Lieder” by Richard Strauss (1864 – 1949). From the Album “Kirsten Flagstad sings Wagner & Strauss (First Master Release , RIAS live recording from the Titania Palast, Berlin , May 9 and 11,1952. Remixed […]

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My beloved Arleen Augér, R.I.P., a great vocal stylist, the most intelligent and ironic singer I know (after Maria Callas), with a remarkable musicality, sings the “Vier letzte Lieder” by Richard Strauss.

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June Anderson sings “Vier letzte Lieder” (“Four Last Songs”) (1948) – Richard Strauss (1864 – 1949). LIVE in Palermo – Italy (?). “Four Last Songs” – “Vier letzte Lieder, Op. posth., TrV 296, AV 150, for soprano and orchestra are the final completed works of Richard Strauss, composed in 1948 when the composer was 84. […]

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June Anderson – “So höre, mein Leukippos” Final Scene – “Daphne” (1938) – Richard Strauss (1864 – 1949). LIVE at Teatro La Fenice – Venezia – Italy – 2005. “Daphne,” Op. 82, is an opera in one act by Richard Strauss, subtitled “Bucolic Tragedy in One Act”. The German libretto was by Joseph Gregor. The […]

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• 15 Giu 2014

June Anderson sings the French version of “Salome” (1930) by Richard Strauss (11 June 1864 – 8 September 1949). LIVE at the Opéra Royale de Wallonie – Liège (B) 2011 – M.° Paolo Arrivabeni Conductor. “Salome”, Op. 54, first Performance 1905, is an opera in one act by Richard Strauss to a German libretto by […]