Ariadne Auf Naxos 12 years old

Christian Thielemann conducts this Staatskapelle Dresden production of Richard Strauss' chamber opera. The opera follows events at the home of the wealthiest man in Vienna, who has booked both a comedy burlesque act and a serious opera group for entertainment. When the dinner runs long he declares that both forms of entertainment must take place at the same time - much to the chagrin of the opera's proud young composer. Filmed live in Baden-Baden on Feb. 25 by the veteran director Brian Large, Renée Fleming makes her debut in the role of Ariadne together with fellow key Strauss interpreters Sophie Koch and Christian Thielemann, following on from their Rosenkavalier triumph. Thielemann conducts the Staatskapelle Dresden, the orchestra to whom Strauss dedicated his Alpine Symphony and which premiered Feuersnot, Salome, Elektra, Der Rosenkavalier and Daphne.

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Ariadne Auf Naxos Cast

Name	Character
Sophie Koch She was 43, now 55 years old
Renée Fleming She was 53, now 65 years old
Christian Thielemann He was 52, now 65 years old	as Conductor

Ariadne Auf Naxos Crew

Name	Department
Brian Large as Director. He was 73 (now 85) years old	Directing
Richard Strauss as Original Music Composer. He was 147 (85) years old when He died	Sound
Hugo von Hofmannsthal as Writer. He was 138 (55) years old when He died	Writing