What’s behind the strange emphasis on childlessness in “Die Frau ohne Schatten,” the Strauss-Hofmannsthal opera now at the ...

Die Frau ohne Schatten is Richard Strauss’s most ambitious work, requiring enormous vocal and orchestral forces as well as ...

Richard Strauss’s DIE FRAU OHNE SCHATTEN (THE WOMAN WITHOUT A SHADOW), with a libretto by his long-time collaborator, Hugo ...

Die Frau Ohne Schatten,” a dense ode to fertility, may not sound appealing at first. But in this performance, the fairy tale ...

On Saturday at 1 p.m., hear the Metropolitan Opera's production of Richard Strauss's "Die Frau ohne Schatten." ...

Die Frau ohne Schatten begins after happily-ever-after and ends as another ever-after begins—essentially, it’s an opera about ...

This is the first comprehensive guide to Richard Strauss's Arabella. The opening chapters explore the ... motivation of the drama and an impression of the musical shape and substance of the opera.

The handbook presents an informative collection of historical, critical and analytical studies of one of Strauss's most familiar operas. Classic essays by Mario Praz and Richard Ellmann cover the ...

Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts Richard Strauss's epic fairytale live at the ... Die Frau ohne Schatten is an opera that grapples with the essence of being human. Like Mozart's The Magic Flute ...

The dramatic power, soaring intensity and grandeur in the operas and tone poems Strauss wrote between 1885 and 1910 has never been equalled. For his remaining 40 years, while certainly not resting on ...

There may be more operatic talent in classical music now than there has ever been, so the major issue comes down to ...