with libretto by prominent Finnish author Sofi Oksanen, has its Met premiere on April 6. Inspired by two of the canon’s most shocking operas, Strauss’s Elektra and Berg’s Wozzeck ...
Tobias Kratzer will als neuer Intendant der Hamburgischen Staatsoper nicht mehr nur die alten Schlachtrösser des Repertoires ...
The composer’s final works, set to three poems by Hermann Hesse and one by Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff, view death not as ...
It's hard to imagine confirmed Straussians not wanting this starry Metropolitan Opera performance of Elektra. Strauss and his librettist, Hugo von Hofmannstahl, transformed Sophocles' take on ...
For more than seven decades, the Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcasts have brought opera into millions of homes, playing a vital and unparalleled role in the development and appreciation of opera in ...
garniert mit subtilen Selbstzitaten aus «Salome» und «Elektra». Vom differenzierten Strauss-Schmelz, sonst eine Spezialität des Bayerischen Staatsorchesters, war das dennoch weit entfernt.
At times, Young is nothing if not direct. In 1997, the self-confessed workaholic conducted Elektra, Strauss’s bloody depiction of revenge and matricide, in Berlin when she was eight months ...
Daniel Fish has written 1 shows including White Noise (Playwright). What awards has Daniel Fish been nominated for? Outstanding Director of a Musical (Drama Desk Awards) for Oklahoma!, Special ...