Cast of
Ariadne Auf Naxos

About Ariadne Auf Naxos

  • Released on February 25, 2012
  • Music

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.

Full Cast of Ariadne Auf Naxos

Christian Thielemann
plays Conductor

Renée Fleming
plays Ariadne/Prima Donna

Renée Fleming as Ariadne/Prima Donna

Renée Lynn Fleming (born February 14, 1959) is an American soprano, known for performances in opera, concerts, record...

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Eike Wilm Schulte
plays Musiklehrer

Sophie Koch
plays Komponist

Robert Dean Smith
plays Bacchus/The Tenor

Jane Archibald
plays Zerbinetta

René Kollo
plays Haushofmeister

Kevin Conners
plays Brighella

Steven Humes
plays Truffaldino

Lenneke Ruiten
plays Echo

Christina Landshamer
plays Naiad

Rachel Frenkel
plays Dryad

Christian Baumgärtel
plays Tanzmeister

Staatskapelle Dresden


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