| Date and venue | Title |
|---|---|
| 1-Aug-2011 Großes Festspielhaus | The Salzburg Festival's Die Frau ohne Schatten |
Richard Strauss and Hugo von Hofmannsthal began their collaboration on Die Frau ohne Schatten (The Woman Without a Shadow) with utopian ambitions. Unfortunately they weren’t the same ones. For Hofmannsthal, this would finally be the opera where his poetry would be illuminated by rather than buried under the music. For Strauss, this was to be his magnum opus, the self-proclaimed “last Romantic opera” that would cement his place in musical history.Read full review... | |