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Strauss' farewell exquisite; Brahms brings ovation. By Sabine Kortals Special to The Denver Post Just a year before his passing, Richard Strauss composed "Four Last Songs" — a beautifully crafted, contemplative study on the...
Swedish soprano whose perceptive singing and vivid acting made her a great heroine in operas by Tchaikovsky, Richard Strauss and Janacek One of the most perceptive and admired sopranos of the postwar era, Elisabeth Söderström,...
For a hint as to why the New Century Chamber Orchestra continues to garner both praise and loyalty from the Bay Area's canniest music lovers, you need look no further than Thursday's magisterial performance of Richard Strauss'...
"Good artists borrow. Unfortunately, the makers of Planet 51 failed to read the addendum to that classic statement: artistic theft isn't worth a rat's . . . you know . . . unless you're using it to say something original and...
Nov 20, 2009 (The Modesto Bee - A Modesto native who has sung in the great opera houses of Europe will perform Sunday in the Manteca Kindred Arts Concert Association series. Alexis Magaro was the leading soprano soloist at the...
For Christine Brewer, there's something deeply personal about Richard Strauss' "Four Last Songs.""My first encounter with the songs came when I was about 19 years old," said the Grammy Award-winning American soprano. She'll...
The Greek National Opera, putting its many problems aside, is about to inaugurate its latest production. Directed by Philippe Arlaud, Richard Strauss's «Ariadne auf Naxos» is an ambitious joint collaboration with the Teatro...
The Mariinsky Theatre’s forays into German opera have done little to raise its international image, but perhaps it has taken the wrong productions on the road. The company’s colourfully Russian but dramatically listless Ring...
When a biblically based, sinfully licentious play by an extravagantly gay male Irish Victorian playwright becomes the basis for an early twentieth century opera by a libidinous yet sexually repressed Teutonic composer, anything...
«Some people have good instinct and patience. Others have their eyes and ears open. Luck and good management are certainly necessary. But when you are on stage you are naked, equipped only with your voice and personality. And...
