Richard Strauss - Ariadne Auf Naxos

Synopsis

Flemings voice might have been made for Ariadne and she achieved a great personal triumph in this production: The chief glory of the evening was hearing Renee Fleming, the Straussian soprano par excellence, making her role debut as Ariadne… As the possessor of what is, possibly, the most beautiful soprano voice in the world, she put her vocal treasures in the service of an empathic, nuanced interpretation of the role. From the creamy top, through a rich, warm middle, to the bewitching, darker colours of her lower register, Fleming poured her magnificent sound into Strausss enchanting melodic arcs, animating the sadness, vulnerability, and desire of the bereft princess...

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Key crew

• Richard StraussOriginal Music Composer
• Brian LargeDirector
• Phillipe ArlaudDirector
• Hugo von HofmannsthalWriter

Cast

• Renée FlemingAriadne
• Sophie KochKomponist
• Eike Wilm SchulteMusiklehrer
• Robert Dean SmithTenor/Bacchus
• Jane ArchibaldZerbinetta
• Christian ThielemannConductor
• Staatskapelle DresdenCast

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