Richard Strauss

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![]() Date of Birth:
June 11, 1864
Date of Death:
September 08, 1949 (85)
Birth Place: Munich, GERMANY
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by Stephi Wild - Jan 30, 2023
In a rundown family home on the outskirts of Oslo, a horrific revenge killing takes place. Richard Strauss' passionate music meets Ole Anders Tandberg's new version of the old tale about Elektra.

by Stephi Wild - Jan 30, 2023
The Semperoper Dresden has appointed the Sächsischer Kammersänger (Saxon Chamber Singer) Hans-Joachim Ketelsen as its Honorary Member. After the performance of »La bohème« on Friday, 3 February 2023, in which the baritone will perform the role of Benoît, the new titleholder will receive an official certificate from the intendant of Saxon State Opera.

by A.A. Cristi - Jan 27, 2023
The New Jersey Symphony has announced its 101st season highlighting Music Director Xian Zhang's ambitious vision to explore the musical heritage of the American orchestral works.

by A.A. Cristi - Jan 25, 2023
San Diego Opera's 2022-2023 Season continues with Puccini's Tosca on Saturday, March 25, 2023 at the San Diego Civic Theatre for four performances.

by Stephen Mosher - Jan 25, 2023
The former opera star turned Chicago cabaret staple will make her Manhattan nightclub debut.

by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 23, 2023
The Town Hall will present two special evenings of comedy with comedian Joanne McNally in The Prosecco Express on February 3 and 4 at 8pm.

by A.A. Cristi - Jan 9, 2023
The American Symphony Orchestra continues its 2022-23 season on January 27 with a program at St. Bartholomew's Church, a New York National Historic Landmark, exploring music for organ and orchestra by Camille Saint-Saëns and Dame Ethel Smyth. It features soloist Paolo Bordignon, organist and choirmaster of the church and harpsichordist of the New York Philharmonic, along with soprano Anya Matanovic, mezzo-soprano Eve Gigliotti, tenor Joshua Blue, and bass Adam Lau.

by Stephi Wild - Jan 6, 2023
Following a successful collaboration during London Art Week and the first four concerts of the residency from September to November 2022, the Philharmonia and Cromwell Place have announced the programme for the second half of the residency from January - June 2023. Members of the Philharmonia have formed ensembles and selected music to reflect the themes of the changing exhibitions at Cromwell Place.

by Stephi Wild - Dec 29, 2022
From January to February 2023, the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra (HK Phil) will present a line-up of programmes led by Music Director Jaap van Zweden and internationally acclaimed Maestro Vasily Petrenko. Learn more about the lineup here!

by Stephi Wild - Dec 29, 2022
From January to February 2023, the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra (HK Phil) will present a line-up of programmes led by Music Director Jaap van Zweden and internationally acclaimed Maestro Vasily Petrenko.
Richard Strauss Videos


by Stage Tube - Feb 17, 2022
Soprano Nina Stemme brought down the house when she headlined the premiere of visionary director Patrice Chéreau’s 2016 staging of Elektra. Now she returns to Strauss’s unhinged heroine, opposite one of today’s most in-demand artists, soprano Lise Davidsen, as her sister, Chrysothemis. Donald Runnicles is on the podium for one of opera’s most blistering scores, leading a cast that also includes mezzo-soprano Michaela Schuster as Klytämnestra, tenor Stefan Vinke as Aegisth, and bass-baritone Greer Grimsley as Orest.


by Alan Henry - Jun 4, 2021
For the finale of New York City Ballet's 2021 digital season, the Company streams a complete performance of George Balanchine's Vienna Waltzes.


by Alan Henry - May 21, 2021
Wagnerians in Concert features sopranos Christine Goerke and Elza van den Heever, tenor Andreas Schager, and baritone Michael Volle, live from the Hessisches Staatstheater, in Wiesbaden, Germany, on May 8. Three Divas showcases sopranos Ailyn Pérez and Nadine Sierra and mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard, live from the Opéra Royal-Château de Versailles, in France, on May 22. Both concerts will be streamed live on the Met's website at 1pm EST/7pm CET, and will then be available on demand for 14 days.


by Alan Henry - May 12, 2021
Wagnerians in Concert, with piano accompaniment by Craig Terry, will include arias and duets from Wagner's Der Fliegende Holländer, Lohengrin, Parsifal, Das Rheingold, Tannhäuser, and Die Walküre, as well as songs by Richard Strauss. Get an extended look at the show!


by Alan Henry - May 10, 2021
Wagnerians in Concert, with piano accompaniment by Craig Terry, will include arias and duets from Wagner's Der Fliegende Holländer, Lohengrin, Parsifal, Das Rheingold, Tannhäuser, and Die Walküre, as well as songs by Richard Strauss. Get an extended look at the show!


by Alan Henry - May 10, 2021
These are the first notes of a concert 400 days in the making. Caroline Shaw’s “Entr’acte” opened the New York Philharmonic’s first performance for an audience since March 10, 2020 as part of The Shed’s series “An Audience With...”


by Alan Henry - May 5, 2021
Wagnerians in Concert features sopranos Christine Goerke and Elza van den Heever, tenor Andreas Schager, and baritone Michael Volle, live from the Hessisches Staatstheater, in Wiesbaden, Germany, on May 8. Three Divas showcases sopranos Ailyn Pérez and Nadine Sierra and mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard, live from the Opéra Royal-Château de Versailles, in France, on May 22. Both concerts will be streamed live on the Met's website at 1pm EST/7pm CET, and will then be available on demand for 14 days.


by Stage Tube - Jul 8, 2020
Robert Rearden of the National Symphony Orchestra performs the first movement exposition of the Second Horn Concerto by Richard Strauss, shares his favorite moment in the NSO, and talks about how he got his start as a musician.


by Stage Tube - May 6, 2020
In a new NSO @ Home video, Jennifer Kim answers some commonly asked questions about being in the NSO, and performs a work was originally for voice and orchestra by Richard Strauss with Adriana Horne.


by Stage Tube - May 2, 2020
The Lebanese Philharmonic Orchestra has released a virtual performance of Richard Strauss' Also Sprach Zarathustra.