Ariadne auf Naxos : opera in one act and a prologue /

Glyndebourne's wartime history as a home for evacuee children is the ingenious context for a new production of this unclassifiable entertainment in which low comedy and high tragedy compete for our attention, 'borne aloft by Strauss's divine music and Hofmannsthal's visionary poe...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Strauss, Richard, 1864-1949 (Composer)
Corporate Author: London Philharmonic Orchestra (Performer)
Other Authors: Hofmannsthal, Hugo von, 1874-1929 (Librettist)
Format: Video
Language:German
Language Notes:Sung in German; with English subtitles.
Published: Lewes, England : Glyndebourne, 2013.
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Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
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Summary:Glyndebourne's wartime history as a home for evacuee children is the ingenious context for a new production of this unclassifiable entertainment in which low comedy and high tragedy compete for our attention, 'borne aloft by Strauss's divine music and Hofmannsthal's visionary poetry'. At the centre of this production from Katharine Thoma is the noble, tragic figure of the abandoned Ariadne herself, in a haunting performance from Soile Isokoski, 'with brilliant support from the pit' (The Independent).
Item Description:Title from resource description page (viewed June 15, 2016).
Physical Description:1 online resource (122 min.)
Playing Time:02:01:56
Production Credits:Director, Katharina Thoma ; set designer, Julia Müer ; costume designer, Irina Bartels ; lighting designer, Olaf Winter ; movement director, Lucy Burge ; film director, François Roussillon.