Ariadne Auf Naxos News

 
New York Times
A Drama Queen With Her Head On Straight
New York Times
But she has logged a mere 11 New York appearances in all, having returned to the Met in 2010 for five performances of Strauss's “Ariadne auf Naxos”. And she won't resurface there until the 2016-17 season, when she will star in both Strauss's “Elektra” ...


 
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Fort Worth Opera Announces 2013 Season: LA BOHEME, GLORY DENIED and More
Broadway World
Music Director Joe Illick added, “What a privilege and a pleasure to lead FWOpera's very first Ariadne auf Naxos. It's a quintessential Strauss opera that our audience is sure to enjoy, along with the perennial favorite La Bohème and the comedic treat, ...
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Austin Pendleton Directs Boston Midsummer Opera's DON PASQUALE, 7/25-29
Broadway World
This season he returns to the Metropolitan Opera for productions of Ariadne auf Naxos and La fanciulla del west. His work at the Metropolitan Opera during the 2009--2010 season included productions of Ariadne auf Naxos and The Nose, and he has also ...

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Soprano Olga Peretyatko living the dream
Examiner.com
My idea was to sing Zerbinetta's scenes [from Richard Strauss' opera Ariadne auf Naxos], but the conductor heard the right colour in my voice to sing his Four Last Songs instead. At first I couldn't believe it, but then I decided to do it to show the ...

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Classical Music Is Supreme Today At The Nation's Highest Court
NPR (blog)
To top it off, Justice Ginsburg — who has made cameo appearances in Ariadne auf Naxos and Die Fledermaus at the Washington National Opera — hosted last year's NEA Opera Awards. In her remarks, she observed that Wagner's Ring cycle "centers on a ...

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New York Times
May 13 — 19
New York Times
Her Met career has amounted to two performances in the lead role of Strauss's “Ariadne auf Naxos.” At 56 she sounds in her prime, her enormous yet plush and lyrically pliant voice ideal for Wagner and Strauss soprano roles.


 
Lovers, Villains, Heroes, and Scoundrels I remember
Santa Maria Times
Soprano Jacalyn Kreitzer will perform selections from Ariadne auf Naxos, Die Walküre, Samson et Dalila, The Queen of Spades, Tristan und Isolde, Un Ballo in Maschera, Werther, Xerxes, and others.