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Aug 21, 2019 · Strauss, despite his cynical image, was a complicated man who felt drawn to sexually charged material throughout his life. Women dominate his operas; men tend to be weak and shallow in comparison.
Salome, Op. 54, is an opera in one act by Richard Strauss. The libretto is Hedwig Lachmann's German translation of the 1891 French play Salomé by Oscar Wilde, edited by the composer. Strauss dedicated the opera to his friend Sir Edgar Speyer. The opera is famous (at the time of its premiere, infamous) for its "Dance of the Seven Veils".
Richard Strauss (1864–1949) was one of the most important composers of the 20th century. He is particularly famed for his writing for the soprano voice, his brilliant orchestration and his intricate operatic plots. Strauss was born in Munich, where his father Franz was principal horn in the court orchestra. He began composition studies aged ...
Premiere. 2 October 1938. ( 1938-10-02) Semperoper, Dresden. 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 opera is based loosely on the mythological figure Daphne from Ovid 's Metamorphoses and includes elements taken from The Bacchae by Euripides .
Apr 22, 2023 · Guntram (1894) and Feuersnot (1901), the first two operas by Richard Strauss (1864-1949), did not attract much attention at the time and are seldom (if ever) performed today, but in those early years he was developing a reputation as a composer of orchestral works, such as his ‘tone-poems’ Don Juan (1888), Also sprach Zarathustra (1896) and ...
Top 10 Richard Strauss works. Gramophone. Tuesday, January 14, 2014. The dramatic power and grandeur in the operas and tone-poems Strauss wrote from 1885-1910 has never been equalled. No 1.
