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I’m not quite sure how this performance, recorded live at […]
Deutsche Grammophon’s 33-disc collection devoted to Richard Strauss’ complete operas
Back in the 70s an article appeared in the New
Please don’t start rejoicing too quickly. On paper this is a fascinating cast, particularly given the performance date: March 7, 1964; but not everything works
Götz Friedrich’s 1981 Elektra film sets Richard Strauss’ opera in a dark and dingy abandoned 20th-century factory populated by grungy denizens in psuedo-Greek garb. Elektra
In the booklet accompanying this release, Scott D. Paulin rightly explains Leonie Rysanek’s total commitment to and involvement in the role of Salome. He accurately
How odd! Sung in German, this performance will be an absolute necessity for fans of Leonie Rysanek, who is mostly known for her Strauss and
Here’s a near-novelty: the three-separate-act version of Dutchman, recorded on stage at La Scala in 1966. There is no information provided in the two-page leaflet
This is a sonically handsome, beautifully and excitingly played Elektra, filled with genuine drama (it was taped live and benefits from the stage ambience), elegantly
One of the oldest of Wagner wisecracks has George Bernard Shaw looking down at his watch after an hour to find that only 15 minutes
