Ariadne auf Naxos

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opera

Ariadne auf Naxos is an opera by Richard Strauss with a libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal that uniquely combines elements of serious opera and light-hearted comedy.

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Surface form Occurrences
Ariadne in Richard Strauss's "Ariadne auf Naxos" 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf opera ⓘ
actCount 1 ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Ariadne on Naxos NERFINISHED ⓘ
catalogueNumber TrV 228 ⓘ
collaborationWith Hugo von Hofmannsthal NERFINISHED ⓘ
composer Richard Strauss NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Germany ⓘ
distinguishingFeature combines serious opera and light-hearted comedy ⓘ
meta-theatrical plot about an opera performance ⓘ
firstPerformanceConductor Hermann Levi NERFINISHED ⓘ
firstPublisher Adolph Fürstner NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre comic opera ⓘ
opera ⓘ
opera within an opera ⓘ
tragic opera ⓘ
hasPrologue yes ⓘ
language German ⓘ
librettist Hugo von Hofmannsthal NERFINISHED ⓘ
librettoBasedOn Greek myth of Ariadne and Bacchus ⓘ
mainCharacter Ariadne NERFINISHED ⓘ
Bacchus NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Composer NERFINISHED ⓘ
Zerbinetta NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableAria Es gibt ein Reich ⓘ
Großmächtige Prinzessin ⓘ
Sein wir wieder gut ⓘ
orchestration chamber orchestra ⓘ
originalVersion incorporated a play by Molière ⓘ
partOf Strauss–Hofmannsthal collaborations NERFINISHED ⓘ
period 20th-century opera ⓘ
premiereDate 1912-10-25 ⓘ
premiereLocation Stuttgart NERFINISHED ⓘ
revisedVersion removed the Molière play ⓘ
revisedVersionConductor Franz Schalk NERFINISHED ⓘ
revisedVersionPremiereDate 1916-10-04 ⓘ
revisedVersionPremiereLocation Vienna NERFINISHED ⓘ
setting the house of the richest man in Vienna ⓘ
the island of Naxos NERFINISHED ⓘ
structure prologue and one act ⓘ
style early modernist ⓘ
late Romantic ⓘ
theme contrast between high art and popular entertainment ⓘ
faithfulness and inconstancy in love ⓘ
transformation through love ⓘ
vocalForces baritone ⓘ
mezzo-soprano ⓘ
soprano ⓘ
tenor ⓘ

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Hugo von Hofmannsthal → notableWork → Ariadne auf Naxos ⓘ
Richard Strauss → notableWork → Ariadne auf Naxos ⓘ
Jessye Norman → notableRole → Ariadne auf Naxos ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ariadne in Richard Strauss's "Ariadne auf Naxos"