Tuesday, April 01, 2014

Strauss Year

Richard Strauss was born in 1864 in Munich, making this the 150th anniversary of his birth.  There is much celebrating planned, much of it in Germany.  Strauss was born in Munich and premiered most of his operas in Dresden, so these two cities are the focus of the celebration. 

Guntram (10 May 1894, revised version: 29 October 1940)
  • Dresden Semperoper  concert performance, sorry, this is over
Feuersnot (21-Nov-1901)
  •  Dresden Semperoper 7 Jun 2014+  semistaged
Salome (9-Dec-1905)
  • Dresden Semperoper sorry, this is also over.
  • Bayerische Staatsoper 2 Apr 2014+
  • Wiener Staatsoper 4 Oct 2014+

Elektra (25-Jan-1909)
  •  Dresden Semperoper 22 Jun 2014+
    22 Jun 2014

Der Rosenkavalier (26-Jan-1911)
  • Dresden Semperoper   7 Dec 2014+
  • Bayerische Staatsoper 26 Jul 2014+ 
  • Wiener Staatsoper 23 Apr 2014+

Ariadne auf Naxos, 2nd version (4-Oct-1916)
  • Dresden Semperoper   9 Mar 2014+
  • Bayerische Staatsoper  16 May 2014+
  • Wiener Staatsoper 15 Apr 2014+
 Die Frau ohne Schatten (10-Oct-1919)
  • Bayerische Staatsoper  29 Jun 2014+
  • Zurich 22 Nov 2014+
Intermezzo (4-Nov-1924)

Die ägyptische Helena (6-Jun-1928)

Arabella (1-Jul-1933)
  • Dresden Semperoper  7 Nov 2014+ starring Renée Fleming, Thomas Hampson
  • Wiener Staatsoper 9 Dec 2014+ 
  • Metropolitan Opera 3 Apr 2014+ 
  • Salzburg Easter Festival 12 Apr 2014+ starring Renée Fleming, Thomas Hampson
Die schweigsame Frau (24-Jun-1935)

Friedenstag (24-Jul-1938)

Daphne (15-Oct-1938)
  • Dresden Semperoper 14 Sep 2014+
Die Liebe der Danae (14-Aug-1952)

Capriccio (28-Oct-1942)
  • Dresden Semperoper 16 Nov 2014+ starring Renée Fleming
  • Lyric Opera of Chicago 6 Oct 2014+ starring Renée Fleming
    16 Nov 2014

The list for Dresden is especially noteworthy, but if you were looking for traditional productions, I'm not sure that sort of thing exists in Europe any more.

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