Above: Ariadne, painting by Evelyn De Morgan (1877)
Strauss’s ARIADNE AUF NAXOS is my favorite opera. Here are some entries from my blog about my experiences with this magical masterpiece.
The Met’s (very belated) premiere of ARIADNE, in 1962, and my hearing it for the first time on a Met broadcast: here.
The famous Met telecast of the opera in 1988: here.
Kirill Petrenko’s crystal-clear rendering of the score, and Dame Sarah Connolly’s superb Composer made the Met’s 2010 ARIADNE especially memorable: here.
Lise Davidsen’s triumph in the title role at The Met in 2022: here.
At at ARIADNE performance at the New York City Opera in 1974, something very unusual happened in the opera’s final moments: here.
In 2017, I met one of the delightful participants in the beloved 1973 NYCO production: Barbara Hocher. Read about it here.
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