Mise en abîme et jeu de miroirs, l'opéra "Ariane à Naxos" du compositeur allemand Richard Strauss, donné dimanche au Festival de Salzbourg dans sa version originale, a étalé sa palette foisonnante qui ...

"Music is a sacred art, gathering the wildest follies like cherubim around a gleaming throne!" Such is the Composer's article of faith, vehemently proclaimed at the end of the Prologue of Ariadne auf ...

In Richard Strauss’ opera “Ariadne auf Naxos,” a rich patron whom the audience never meets has hired two performing groups to provide entertainment for a large banquet. One group is to present serious ...

Ariadne, which Strauss wrote in tandem with his most celebrated collaborator, Hugo von Hofmannsthal, consists of an extended prologue followed by a one act opera. Within the prologue Strauss lays bare ...

Two hours might be the beginning of Oscar-bait territory when it comes to film, but for opera, it’s relatively short. As concise as Richard Strauss’ “Ariadne auf Naxos” might be, it was originally ...

Onstage: Dionysus and Ariadne. Backstage: scheming, ego, and sarcasm. In between? A dazzling production by the Israeli Opera that turns the spotlight on theatre itself – as a realm of contradiction, ...

LONDON — She's lost the weight, but has she lost the voice? Reviewers loved the Royal Opera's production of "Ariadne auf Naxos," which opened Monday. But soprano Deborah Voigt — who was famously ...

Elijah Moshinsky’s witty production deftly walks the line between the lighthearted humor and the profound philosophical underpinnings of Strauss and Hofmannsthal’s opera, masterfully conducted here by ...

Vagaries of programming mean there are just three chances to see Ariadne auf Naxos at Covent Garden this season, and if you were busy last night you've already missed one of them. Pummel the doors to ...