Los Angeles Opera goes Hollywood Sep 8, 2008
Friedkin, on the other hand, has directed here and abroad; his LA Opera productions include a Bartok/Puccini double bill in Domingo's first season and an "Ariadne auf Naxos" (Richard Strauss) in the 2004-05 season. Cronenberg, whom Domingo introduced along with Shore at a recent news conference at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, admits not having done any stage work since "playing Banquo in high school," but he talked enthusiastically about the challenge. (Reuters)
Scene and Herd: Lots of events blooming in autumn Sep 4, 2008
Opera Encore with John Tischio, a noted opera lecturer and aficianado, will be giving another series of Sunday afternoon programs on operas this fall: by Bizet, Tchaikovsky, Richard Strauss, and Verdi. The first, on Sept. 21, will be on La Traviata by Verdi from 2 to 4:30 p.m. at Cary Memorial Library s lower level meeting room. (Lexington Minuteman, MA)
Maximum minimalism Sep 4, 2008
Compare Adams' The Flowering Tree, about a woman who can transform herself into a tree, and Richard Strauss' Daphne, whose title character has similar talents. Adams defines the unimaginable, using hypnotic minimalist arpeggios in ways that convey the rhythm of the Earth while melodies wander into unknown regions, governed only by the winds of fate. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Four on the floor for Vic Opera Aug 27, 2008
The next season will also feature Mozart's Don Giovanni, Richard Strauss' Ariadne auf Naxos and Handel's Xerxes. The company will begin the year with a gala concert in Hamer Hall on February 15 made up of a double bill of Bartok's Bluebeard's Castle and Orff's Carmina Burana. (The Age)
Buzz Briefs: Annie Lennox, Isaac Hayes Aug 19, 2008
The first opera - on Oct. 11 - will be Salome, by Richard Strauss, starring Finnish soprano Karita Mattila. Also on the 2008-2009 program are operas by Hector Berlioz, Giacomo Puccini, Gaetano Donizetti and Gioachino Rossini. (CBS News)
Chicago remembers 'Opening Night' Aug 8, 2008
As the lights slowly glowed, musicians from the Chicago Symphony Orchestra played Richard Strauss' "Also Sprach Zarathustra," which you may know better as the music from the movie "2001: A Space Odyssey." The broadcasters wore tuxedos, with the exception of Harry Caray. He was a purist. (MLB.com -- Chi Cubs Cubs)
The Rimsky centenary: More music, please Aug 5, 2008
He also was something of a reactionary, Stravinsky said, an anti-Tsarist politically who nonetheless refused to listen to new music from France and Germany (particularly Richard Strauss), and was utterly dismissive of Tchaikovsky. All of which is interesting, but more important from posterity s standpoint is that Rimsky worked tirelessly on behalf of other composers, most particularly Modest Mussorgsky, his fellow Balakirev acolyte. (The Palm Beach Post)
Collaboration/ Taking Sides: A major success, but whose side are ... Aug 1, 2008
In Collaboration, he plays composer Richard Strauss, a man often accused of helping the Nazis. In Taking Sides, he becomes the infamous German conductor Wilhelm Furtwangler, another artist suspected of supporting Hitler, even though he also helped many Jews escape from Nazi Germany. (Daily Mail)
Movie: 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) Jul 8, 2008
Featured as the film's opening was Richard Strauss' distinctive, heart-pounding "Also Sprach Zarathustra," performed by Herbert von Karajan and the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. 2001 Cast. (Suite101.com)
The Fly doesn't fly Jul 8, 2008
Staged at the famous Theatre du Chatelet, where Paris's cultural elite have since the mid-19th century enjoyed appearances by classical music legends like Tchaikovsky and Richard Strauss, the modern opera is being warmly received by the public but sneered at by reviewers. "At intermission, after the first hour of the two-hour show, we were so bored we strongly suspected the parasitic presence of the tsetse fly," wrote Le Figaro reviewer Christian Merlin, referring to the bloodsucking African... (Vancouver Sun)
Fast track to the top Jul 5, 2008
I think it's very tempting to do the company's first-ever Parsifal, or its first Die Frau ohne Schatten [by Richard Strauss. That interests me very much, to fill these gaps in the repertoire. (Globe and Mail)
SAN DIEGO: Ex-Charger settles with Coronado over 2006 shooting Jul 3, 2008
Before the settlement was announced by Superior Court Judge Richard Strauss, Foley stared angrily at the man who shot him, Mansker, who was in the courtroom. Foley's mother, Betty, eventually persuaded her son to go into the judge's chambers and talk to Strauss about the settlement. (North County Times)
Symphony Under the Stars takes on space (27) Jul 1, 2008
The concert begins at 8:30 p.m. with Richard Strauss opening from Also Sprach Zarathustra, popularly recognized as the main theme from the film 2001: A Space Odyssey. The first half of the concert will conclude with Gustav Holst s The Planets with Aldrin narrating the writings of Kelly Cline, associate professor of mathematics and astronomy at Carroll College. (Helena Independent Record)
The Air This Week Jun 18, 2008
9 p.m. Atlanta Symphony: Gorecki Symphony No. 3, Richard Strauss "Ariadne auf Naxos": "Es gibt ein Reich," Brahms Symphony No. 3 (WABE); Opera (WFMT: ) ... 1:30 p.m. Andrew Davis/Chicago Lyric Opera: Richard Strauss "Die Frau ohne Schatten" (WFMT); Edward Gardner/English National Opera: Birtwistle "Punch and Judy" (BBC Radio 3) ... 3 p.m. Mariss Jansons/Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra: Bruch Violin Concerto No. 2 (Gil Shaham), Richard Strauss "An Alpine Symphony" (WGBH); Jean Racine/Alan... (Boston Globe)
Soprano back on stage 4 years after being sacked for being fat Jun 18, 2008
The slimmed-down American is now back in the Richard Strauss opera Ariadne auf Naxos, wearing the black dress originally chosen for the role. "When I got the call, I have to admit my first reaction was to laugh, because we had come full circle," Ms Voigt said before the opening night. (BBC News -- UK)
The Return Of The Scaled Down Soprano Jun 17, 2008
The American soprano returns to the Royal Opera House stage Monday, four years after the company fired her for being too big for the little black dress chosen for the title character in Richard Strauss' "Ariadne auf Naxos." The decision sparked a fierce debate about weight discrimination in opera. Now a slimmer Voigt is back in the same opera, the same role - and wearing "that" dress. (CBS News)
Digital TV Converter Boxes Hard To Find Jun 17, 2008
The American soprano Deborah Voigt returns to the Royal Opera House stage four years after the company fired her for being too big for the little black dress chosen for the title character in Richard Strauss' "Ariadne auf Naxos.". Rome's diocese said it has barred the producers of "Angels s" from filming in two churches for the prequel to the "The Da Vinci Code," the popular book and film that angered many Catholic leaders. (KWTX.com, TX)
Mainly Mozart with extra value Jun 17, 2008
J. KAT WORONOWICZ Violinist Martin Chalifour (left) joined Mainly Mozart Festival colleagues in the sextet from Richard Strauss' last opera, "Capriccio.". Though you wouldn't expect a concert to feature both genres, the Mainly Mozart Festival did just that on Saturday as part of its first season in downtown's Balboa Theatre. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
* The Olympics musical legacy Jun 16, 2008
The Nazis also pulled off a coup by commissioning Richard Strauss to write a work for the opening ceremony. After an oration by the Fuhrer, a cannon salute and the release of thousands of white pigeons, Strauss led the Berlin Philharmonic and the National Socialist Symphony Orchestra through his rousing Olympic Hymn. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Seeking stage, Dessay found it through singing Jun 15, 2008
" She was right. At 43, Dessay has garnered nothing but praise throughout the operatic world for her lustrous, dramatically nuanced performances of music by Mozart, Richard Strauss, Offenbach, Massenet and Stravinsky. On Tuesday, she will make her long-awaited San Francisco Opera debut in the title role of Donizetti's "Lucia di Lammermoor. " It's a part that has become something of a signature for her in recent years - she sang it last fall at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, to thunderous... (San Francisco Chronicle)
Mainly Mozart takes a detour into Richard Strauss Land Jun 9, 2008
So, why is an organization with a name like Mainly Mozart presenting a Richard Strauss mini-festival during its upcoming season. Mozart was one of Strauss' main loves, says conductor David Atherton, Mainly Mozart's founding artistic director. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
First Look at Pixar's 'WALL-E' Jun 5, 2008
The sci-fi homages: There are plentiful references to 2001: A Space Odyssey, including an evil cruise ship computer with HAL s red eye and use of the Richard Strauss classic Also Sprach Zarathustra. Are you looking forward to seeing WALL-E. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Consider NBC11 Your Election Central, Click Inside For Vote Totals Jun 5, 2008
R. Scot Hunter and Richard Strauss were re-elected to the town council with 19. 3 and 18. (NBC 11, CA)
‘Idol' hopeful Jun 3, 2008
Though he only made the decision to pursue music as a profession when he was 13, Lauckern has loved the art since his days of listening to Richard Strauss compositions as a young child. Jake is one of those people who, when you ask him how he got interested, he'll say he never wasn't interested in it, said Anne Adessa, Lauckern's voice instructor. (Auburn Citizen, NY)
It's Brecht-bashing season once again. Will this sorry bunch of carping critics never learn? May 26, 2008
In 1933, Goebbels appointed the composer Richard Strauss - whose dreamily decadent operas Salome, Elektra and Der Rosenkavalier remain central to any contemporary opera house's repertoire - president of the Reichsmusikkammer, the state music bureau ... If we can reconcile ourselves to Richard Strauss and - alarmingly - Leni Riefenstahl, surely it's time the Brecht-bashing came to an end. (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)
Full Circle With 'Ring' May 25, 2008
Delavan's audition for the company paid off - he was hired for a full season, and stayed on for nine productive years, during which he sang most of the major baritone roles, from Verdi and Puccini to Wagner and Richard Strauss. Eventually, he even made his way back to San Francisco, singing the title role in the San Francisco Symphony's semistaged production of Wagner's "Flying Dutchman" in 2003 and returning a year later as Scarpia in Puccini's "Tosca" - his first major role in the War... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
'Joan of Arc' finally is performed in Berlin May 21, 2008
Before 1933 he was among Germany's most popular opera composers, probably third behind Richard Strauss and Schreker. His opera "Die Vgel" (The Birds), a magical reincarnation of Aristophanes's comedy, triumphed at its 1920 Munich premiere under the baton of Bruno Walter and swept other German opera centers. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
SSO, Children's Chorus make it interesting May 18, 2008
After intermission, Richard Strauss' "Ein Heldenleben" was given a dramatic and involving reading. This large-scale work takes up the better part of three-quarters of an hour and requires a huge ensemble: here, some 90 players. (Syracuse.com)
Lang silent film to screen in Jakarta May 10, 2008
His time at the Munich Jazz School, followed by classical piano studies at the Richard Strauss Conservatory in the same city, has allowed him the chance to expand his musical territory to include contemporary stage, radio and television productions. An accompanying note from the Goethe-Institut Hanoi reads; "conceived as a combination of live orchestral music and pre-recorded sound segments .. the live sound of the musicians will be subtly supported by recordings of the same and complimentary... (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Features)
Japanese label to record Honeck with PSO May 9, 2008
The two wanted to work together again, and Exton was interested in recording Richard Strauss' "Ein Heldenleben," on the program this weekend. The PSO was interested in having its new director and the orchestra on disc but didn't plan on its being this soon. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Austrian conductor pulls out of Zurich 'Fledermaus' staging with vampires, Dracula castle May 8, 2008
Welser-Moest is scheduled to conduct four performances of Bizet's "Carmen" at this summer's Zurich Festival, where he will also lead a concert and Richard Strauss' "Rosenkavalier" to mark the end of his tenure as the opera house's general music director. In the coming season, he returns to the house for Mozart's "Le Nozze di Figaro" and will conduct four performances of "Cosi Fan Tutte" at next summer's Zurich Festival. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Jason Castro Is Everyone's 'American Idol,' In Bigger Than The Sound May 8, 2008
Click for eight minutes and 50 seconds of crazy-eyes, codpieces and wild gesticulation, set to the epic tones of Richard Strauss' "Also Sprach Zarathustra." Like being inside Tom Cruise's head while he's taking a shower or something. 4. (VHI.com -- Music News)
Planning an opera? May 5, 2008
Der Rosenkavalier by Richard Strauss. With Ferruccio Furlanetto, Anja Harteros and Marina Domashenko. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Pittsburgh Symphony May 4, 2008
Yet it is with that title of guest that Honeck, PSO music director designate, comes to Heinz Hall for a program of Richard Strauss, Alan Fletcher and, yes, Verdi ... Honeck will look to do the same this weekend with Richard Strauss' "Ein Heldenleben (A Hero's Life)." These days this difficult tone poem is viewed more or less as a proving ground for musicians, a stick against which the skill of all orchestras are measured ... "I am not such a fan of counting duration, but it gives a perspective.... (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
'The Capulets & the Montagues' May 3, 2008
In fact, most of the famous pants roles stem after the Baroque, such characters as Cherubino from Mozart's "The Marriage of Figaro," Octavian from Richard Strauss' "Der Rosenkavalier," Oscar from Verdi's "A Masked Ball" and Hansel from Humperdinck's "Hansel and Gretel.". Pittsburgh Opera 'The Capulets & the Montagues. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
* [ EVENTS & ENTERTAINMENT ] Apr 18, 2008
11, Bernsteins Serenade (1954), arranged for violin and piano, and Richard Strauss Sonata in E-Flat for Violin and Piano, Op. 18. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Novelists shine in Samuel Johnson non-fiction prize Apr 17, 2008
The list also makes room for music history, with Alex Ross's The Rest is Noise, a tour of 20th century music from Richard Strauss to the Velvet Underground. The Triumphant Years 1917-32, the third volume of John Richardson's A Life of Picasso also makes the cut. (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)
Sunshine And Smiles Apr 16, 2008
Royal's soft-edged vocal palette proved less suited to the sparkly precision of Richard Strauss. In the four songs of the floral garland "Mdchenblumen," Op. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Symphony on quest for 'Don Quixote' Apr 13, 2008
On the one hand was Richard Strauss' 1897 tone poem of the same name - a lush, expansive and magnificent treatment of the entire novel. On the other was "Master Peter's Puppet Show" by Manuel de Falla, which turns a single scene from the book into something terse, spare and prodigiously dull. (San Francisco Chronicle)
English soprano has got looks ... and a voice too! Apr 11, 2008
In the closing lieder by Richard Strauss, ("Kornblumen," "Mohnbluhmen," "Epheu," "Wasserrose," "Einerlei," "Ich wollt ein Strausslein binden" and "Als mir dein Lied erklang!") her voices exploded with Wagnerian character. The ecstasy in these examples of Strauss' early output suited Royal well. (Middlebury College -- The Campus, VT)
'Lion King' opens Apr 7, 2008
Richard Strauss loved the soprano voice and seemed to have written with Royal s in mind. The natural strengths of her instrument lie where Strauss asks it to linger, creating a wistful beauty to a song like Epheu ( Ivy ). (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Dresden can add recovery to its treasures Mar 30, 2008
There are two other restored churches, Hofkirche, the Roman Catholic cathedral, and a Protestant citadel, the Kreuzkirche, home to a famous boys' choir; a magnificent opera house, the Semper, that has become a mecca for music (Richard Strauss premiered nine of his 12 operas here); and a half-dozen museums focusing on Saxon armor, folk art, coins, and sculpture. Perhaps the best-known example of the latter is a 12-foot gilded monument from 1735 to August the Strong, the "Golden Rider," next to... (Boston Globe)
Shining a light on 'Zarathustra' Mar 30, 2008
Nearly everyone has heard the opening of Richard Strauss' Also Sprach Zarathustra ( Thus Spoke Zarathustra ). Made famous by the film 2001: A Space Odyssey, the ascending melody capped by tumultuous chords has permeated pop culture, becoming almost as iconic as the theme from Beethoven's Fifth Symphony or his Ode to Joy. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
OSM looks back for 2008-09 season Mar 28, 2008
The Mysterious Door, March 15th, will explore Mozart, Rossini, Richard Strauss and Grieg, to name a few. The orchestra will also invite college students to four dress rehearsals at Salle-Wlifred Pelletier with conductors, Rivest, John Adams and Walter Bourdreau. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
East Bay Symphony celebrates Persian New Year Mar 18, 2008
Friday's longish program, titled "Notes From Persia," was evenly divided between traditional European repertoire - works by Rachmaninoff and Richard Strauss occupied the first half - and music drawing either directly or indirectly on Iranian themes. If the latter works generally sounded less polished or rewarding than those of the established masters, they still had the benefit of novelty. (San Francisco Chronicle)
A Victorious Engagement Mar 15, 2008
REVIEW / S.F. Symphony, Shaham wow them in N.Y. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Students, ensemble to perform Mar 5, 2008
The "Wiener Philharmoniker Fanfare" by Richard Strauss will open the performance with a large brass section of about 20 players and two sets of timpani. Jester said Strauss wrote the piece to open a benefit concert for the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra in 1924. (Daily Collegian, PA)
Busker to appear in Salome at Covent Feb 24, 2008
Meadows, 35, will appear in a new production of Richard Strauss s Salome, where he will take centre stage at the end as the executioner, chopping off the head of John the Baptist before handing it to Salome. How did a busker capture the spotlight inside Covent Garden. (Times Online)
Stewart's 'MacBeth' kills at festival Feb 23, 2008
Film Independent's Spirit Awards. Honorary Oscar: Robert Boyle. (Variety)
Mainly Mozart Festival 'marks a new era' Feb 18, 2008
In addition, the festival will showcase the orchestra as never before, with seven different programs containing works by composers ranging from Mozart to Richard Strauss. Four of those concerts also include chamber music. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Symphony gives ‘Classical Valentine’ Feb 15, 2008
In addition to performances by Pitts and Winkler, tonight s program will include Richard Strauss Don Juan. Strauss Drew upon Don Juan, an epic dramatic poem about this legendary lover by Nikolaus Lenau as inspiration, states a recent symphony news release. (Albany Herald)
PSO's '08 schedule heavy on Viennese compositions Feb 10, 2008
The PSO announced today that its incoming music director, Austrian conductor Manfred Honeck, will begin the season with Mahler's Symphony No. 1, "Titan," and end it with the Viennese composer's Symphony No. 2, "Resurrection." In between, Honeck will offer even more music written in Vienna -- where the conductor moved when he was about 10 years old -- including works by Brahms, Beethoven, Bruckner, Mozart and Johann and Richard Strauss, in addition to music by Haydn, Orff and Dvorak ... " Among... (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
TSO making Eastern overtures Feb 5, 2008
Oundjian's programming choices continue his recent focus on Slavic composers, and offer a two-night encounter with music by Bartok and Richard Strauss; and a full concert performance of Mozart's The Magic Flute, as part of the TSO's annual Mozart festival. The season opens with Mahler's Symphony No. 3. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Talk about orchestral manoeuvres Feb 4, 2008
guin favours French music and late-Romantic Germanic repertoire: the symphonies of Mahler and Bruckner, and the tone poems and orchestral songs of Richard Strauss. The same logic advanced N. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
A symphony fantastique at Davies Jan 31, 2008
Three of the four pieces the famed Dutch orchestra programmed for its two-night Great Performers Series engagement at Davies Hall are explicitly programmatic - Debussy's "La Mer" and Berlioz's "Symphonie fantastique" on Sunday's bill and Richard Strauss' tone poem "Don Juan," performed on Monday. Only Mahler's Symphony No. 5, the mighty centerpiece of Monday's concert, bears no specific literary or visual referents. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Finnish soprano Karita Mattila brings Puccini heroine back to the Met after 18-year absence Jan 30, 2008
Mattila, a Finnish soprano, is a familiar presence at the Met, notable for her thrilling upper register and her emotionally intense portrayals of characters as diverse as Leonore in Beethoven's "Fidelio" and the title roles in Janacek's "Jenufa" and Richard Strauss' "Salome.". Manon Lescaut is an interesting addition to her gallery of strong female personalities, but although she has had success in the part in Chicago and San Francisco, it may not ideally suit her either vocally or dramatically. (International Herald Tribune)
Puccini Heroine at Met After 18 Years Jan 30, 2008
Mattila, a Finnish soprano, is a familiar presence at the Met, notable for her thrilling upper register and her emotionally intense portrayals of characters as diverse as Leonore in Beethoven's "Fidelio" and the title roles in Janacek's "Jenufa" and Richard Strauss' "Salome.". Manon Lescaut is an interesting addition to her gallery of strong female personalities, but although she's had success in the part in Chicago and San Francisco, it may not ideally suit her either vocally or dramatically. (Newsmax)
More of this story Jan 26, 2008
Richard Strauss, Mahler, Debussy and Stravinsky have conducted it; hotshots Bartk, Rachmaninoff and Prokofiev performed solo works in its midst. Its 120 virtuosos visit the Walt Disney Concert Hall Jan. 29-30, and on the second evening, unfurl Mahler's Symphony No. 5, one of their specialties. (Los Angeles Downtown News, CA)
Maazel to End NY Phil Tenure With Mahler Jan 12, 2008
Other highlights: Stanley Drucker marking his 60 years with the Philharmonic by performing Copland's Clarinet Concerto; a concert performance of Richard Strauss' opera "Elektra," all six Brandenberg Concertos by Bach; and "War Requiem.". "The moral in Britten's 'War Requiem' I think must be put forth again and again," Maazel said. (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)
Stuck at home Jan 8, 2008
You could troll for different video versions of the great final-act trio from Richard Strauss' opera "Der Rosenkavalier.". Or you could do something just a little bit different for once. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
* Classical music: unexpected joys and disappointments Dec 30, 2007
Der Rosenkavalier brought together some of Richard Strauss' most memorable music with sumptuous stage settings and the inventiveness of romantic comedy ... The year was dominated by the departure in the summer from the National Symphony Orchestra (NSO) leadership of Chien Wen-pin (l), but one of its highlights was the production of Richard Strauss's Der Rosenkavalier, imported from Germany's Oper am Rhein in Dusseldorf, that Chien conducted. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
* Here is the year that was Dec 30, 2007
Gunther Herbig was heard in Taipei back in April when he conducted the NSO in two fine concerts, one featuring Richard Strauss' Eine Alpensinfonie, the other Bruckner's Symphony No 7. Taipei can thus be seen as putting its money on a tried and trusted foreign veteran rather than risking a local newcomer. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Unlikely pair Dec 26, 2007
In 1994, they appeared in white powdered wigs and 18th-century costumes as "extras" in the Washington National Opera's production of Richard Strauss' Ariadne aufNaxos. In pictures, they look like excited children playing dress-up. (USA Today)
Harmonies and discord: An adventure in curiosity Dec 15, 2007
His early compositions drew praise from Mahler and Richard Strauss, but his more mature work based on serial 12-tone theory, provoked loud reactions and even fistfights in concert halls. Ultimately, though, it was his Jewish roots that made life most difficult. (Winona Daily News, MN)
Kwiecien's vocal blasts give songs a pummeling Dec 12, 2007
After an encore of Richard Strauss' "Zueignung," Kwiecien finished up with a brilliant account of Don Giovanni's "Champagne" Aria - a quick, welcome reminder of what he does best. E-mail Joshua Kosman at. (San Francisco Chronicle)
