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The German composer Richard Strauss (1864–1949) was prolific and long-lived, writing 16 operas from 1892 up until his death in 1949. Strauss "emerged soon after the deaths of Wagner and Brahms as the most important living German composer", [1] and was crucial in inaugurating the musical style of Modernism.
Though some critics took issue with Strauss's anachronistic use of waltz music, the public embraced the opera unconditionally. Rosenkavalier became Strauss's most popular opera during his lifetime and remains a staple of operatic repertoire today. [6] [12]
Tchaikovsky's most popular opera, based on the verse novel by Alexander Pushkin. The composer strongly identified with the heroine Tatyana. [132] 1881 Hérodiade (Jules Massenet). An opera telling the Biblical story of Salome, Massenet's work was eclipsed by Richard Strauss's treatment of the same subject. [133]
Strauss went on to conduct one of Ritter's operas, and at Strauss's request Ritter later wrote a poem describing the events depicted in Strauss's tone poem Death and Transfiguration. The new influences from Ritter resulted in what is widely regarded [ 34 ] as Strauss's first piece to show his mature personality, the tone poem Don Juan (1888 ...
Now the San Francisco Opera is presenting it for the first time in 34 years with a cast that includes three leading Wagner and Strauss singers: Nina Stemme as the Dyer’s Wife, Camilla Nylund as ...
Idomeneo act 2 and 3 for Mozart's opera Idomeneo: 263: 79 — 1933: opera: Arabella, opera in three acts 264: 88: 118: 1933 [5] Lied: 1. "Das Bächlein" (Du Bächlein silberhell und klar) from "Three songs for voice and piano, Op. 88" 265: 80 — 1935: opera: Die schweigsame Frau, comic opera in three acts 266 — 119: 1936: choral (orchestral ...
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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.