An opera of two halves? A comedy of two halves? Ariadne auf Naxos is both at once and centres around the proposal of ‘the richest man in Vienna’ to commission two entertainments, one from a ...

Create yet another one, of course. Iván Fischer’s revival of Richard Strauss’s 1912 opera Ariadne auf Naxos – which has played across Europe this summer and comes to Vicenza Opera Festival ...

Glyndebournes wartime history as a home for evacuee children is the ingenious context for a new production of this unclassifiable entertainment in which low comedy and high tragedy compete for our ...

She has embodied the mythic longing of Ariadne in Strauss’s “Ariadne auf Naxos” and brought opulent purity to Eva in Wagner’s ...

Ariane (Ariadne, Arianna) lebte in der Landschaft Phrygien und ... Sie floh mit dem Geliebten, wurde aber von ihm treulos auf der Insel Naxos zurückgelassen.

At 37, Lise Davidsen is among the most in-demand sopranos in the world, and she’s only just stepping into the roles that will ...

Mit „Ariadne auf Naxos“ gelingt ihm ein Amüsement auf hohem Niveau. Strolchen, kullern und kobolzen doch einfach durchs Orchester, diese Clowns! Schnüffeln herum wie fröhliche Welpen ...

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