Opera in one act with one prelude – 1916

Composer Richard Strauss · Libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal
In German with English and German surtitles

Conductor: Ulf Schirmer
Production: Robert Carsen

Ein Musiklehrer: Michael Nagy
Der Komponist: Tara Erraught
Der Tenor/Bacchus: Clay Hilley
Zerbinetta: Brenda Rae
Primadonna/Ariadne: Eva-Maria Westbroek
Harlekin: Sean Michael Plumb
Najade: Emily Pogorelc

Bayerisches Staatsorchester

Is it possible to perform the comic intermezzo “Zerbinetta and her Lovers” and the tragic opera “Ariadne” at the same time? Yes, when you have to. The richest man in Vienna wants it that way. He wants cross-over! Let’s mix up classic and pop – and it works. To the delight of the audience and the recognition of the characters on stage. One of the handsomest and wisest works of the great Munich composer, Richard Strauss, in a production by Robert Carsen. The joy of Strauss!