Richard Strauss -  Ariadne Auf Naxos

Richard Strauss - Ariadne Auf Naxos

2012
1h 40m
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"A Glorious Ariadne"

Overview

Flemings voice might have been made for Ariadne and she achieved a great personal triumph in this production: The chief glory of the evening was hearing Renee Fleming, the Straussian soprano par excellence, making her role debut as Ariadne… As the possessor of what is, possibly, the most beautiful soprano voice in the world, she put her vocal treasures in the service of an empathic, nuanced interpretation of the role. From the creamy top, through a rich, warm middle, to the bewitching, darker colours of her lower register, Fleming poured her magnificent sound into Strausss enchanting melodic arcs, animating the sadness, vulnerability, and desire of the bereft princess...

Status: Released

Language: DE

Production Information

Production Companies
Decca
Production Countries
Germany
Spoken Languages
German

Keywords

Quick Facts

Release Date August 21, 2012
Status Released
Language DE

Cast

Renée Fleming
Renée Fleming

Ariadne

Sophie Koch
Sophie Koch

Komponist

Eike Wilm Schulte
Eike Wilm Schulte

Musiklehrer

Robert Dean Smith
Robert Dean Smith

Tenor/Bacchus

Jane Archibald
Jane Archibald

Zerbinetta

Christian Thielemann
Christian Thielemann

Conductor

Staatskapelle Dresden
Staatskapelle Dresden

Key Crew

Hugo von Hofmannsthal
Writer
Phillipe Arlaud
Director
Brian Large
Director