Strauss R: Salome

This highly acclaimed production of Strauss Salome from the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden is staged by German director Nikolaus Lenhoff. Starring Angela Denoke as a brilliant Salome, who is joined by a great ensemble of solo

Johann Strauss - Die Fledermaus

Barrie Kosky gives the “operetta of all operettas” a new look and devotes himself to its morbid side. The setting is Vienna, city of the golden operetta era, where Die Fledermaus premiered at the Theater an der Wien in 1

Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier

Among the greatest operas in Richard Strauss's oeuvre, "Der Rosenkavalier (The Cavalier of the Rose)" spins the tale of the Marschallin (Elizabeth Whitehouse), a dowager struggling with old age. Making the transition mor

Strauss: Die Fledermaus

Theodor Guschlbauer conducts the Chorus and Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera in this lavish staging of Johann Strauss's operetta. Recorded in 1980, the production features some of the leading performers of their day,

Johann Strauss: Die Fledermaus @ Bavarian State Opera

Intrigue, champagne, and irony: in a production directed by Barrie Kosky, the Bavarian State Opera presents a sparkling production of Johann Strauss II's Die Fledermaus.

Strauss: Ariadne Auf Naxos

Opera in one act with prologue. Based on the production of the Vienna State Opera by Filippo Sanjust. Libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal

Strauss: Wiener Blut

Conductor Johannes Wildner leads the Philharmonic Orchestra Bratislava in a command performance of Johann Strauss's final operetta, "Wiener Blut" (Viennese Blood), at Austria's internationally recognized Mörbisch operett

Johann Strauss: Simplicius

Operetta in three acts / Sung in German Five years after Wagner's "Parsifal," Johann Strauss II presented "Simplicius" in the Theater an der Wien. Neither an opera nor an operetta, it was a work that did not fit into an

Strauss: The Waltz King

Lesley Garrett narrates a drama documentary that tells the compelling story of the waltz and the bitter father and son rivalry behind it.

Johann Strauss: The King Without a Crown

A biopic about Austrian composer Johann Strauß.

Johann Strauss at the Roncalli circus

A musical show combining pop, theater, and circus inspired by Johann Strauss's operetta “Cagliostro in Vienna,” written by Thomas Brezina and presented by the Roncalli circus company.

Richard Strauss - Josephs Legende

Josephs Legende, Opus 63, is an “opera without words” or “ballet-drama” composed by Richard Strauss (1864-1949) with libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal (1874-1929). The story attempts to reconstruct a particular biblical

Karajan: Strauss: Death and Transfiguration & Metamorphosen

Strauss R: Der Rosenkavalier

Herbert Wernicke's production of Richard Strauss's "Der Rosenkavalier", filmed live at the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden on 31 January 2009. Renée Fleming is the Marschallin, Diana Damrau is Sophie, Sophie Koch is Octavian,

Richard Strauss im Zwielicht

The composer Richard Strauss (1864-1949) is still a shining light today. But behind his radiant aura lies a dark shadow. His life was full of contradictions. During the "Third Reich", he was president of the Reich Chambe

Ein Strauß voll Glück

After the death of her husband, Anna tries to begin a new life with her children Paul and Laura on the North-Sea island Amrum. An ostrich-farm is the smart business-idea, which secures her family's future. As merchandisi

Richard Strauss: Elektra

It is for the memory of Agamemnon that Elektra continues to live – and for the memory of his violent death at the hands of his wife Clytemnestra, her own mother. Elektra’s life revolves completely around the question of

Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier

While this first revival of Richard Jones' 2014 Der Rosenkavalier may not have ironed out its glitches, that doesn't preclude it from earning five stars. Few theatrical evenings can lay claim to perfection, but what rais

Johann Strauss: Aschenbrodel

Christian Rovny, Jolantha Seyfried, Christian Tichy, Simona Noja, Gregor Hatala and the Corps de ballet of the Wiener Staatsoper dance this magical version of the classic Cinderella story set to the music of Vienna compo

Christian Thielemann - Mein Strauss