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SUMMARY:Wolf Trap: Strauss - Ariadne auf Naxos
DESCRIPTION:The best laid plans often go awry  Strauss' soaring opera is divinely comical and deeply enchanting.\n\n\n\nARIADNE AUF NAXOS\n\nMusic by Richard Strauss\n\nLibretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal\n\n\n\nA New Production\n\n\n\nCombining slapstick comedy and beautiful music in a competition of "high" and "low" art\, Ariadne auf Naxos is a cock-eyed tale about art\, love\, and infidelity. A wealthy patron commissions two pieces of entertainment for a party an opera based on the Ariadne myth and a comedy by a song and dance troupe. Shortly before the performances are to begin\, he orders that they be performed simultaneously in order for a fireworks display to begin on time. What follows is a class war in Strauss' brilliant opera based on a Moli re comedy.\n\n\n\n"A tale of everyday farce and mythical fantasy." The New York Times exclaims Ariadne auf Naxos is "plush and lyrical."\n\n\n\nInside the Opera pre-show talk begins 1 hour before curtain at The Barns\n\nPerformance running time: 2.5 hours including one intermission\n\nSung in German with projected English translations
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p><span style="font-size:14px"><big>The best laid plans often go awry&hellip\; Strauss&rsquo\; soaring opera is divinely comical and deeply enchanting.<br />\n<br />\n<strong><em>ARIADNE AUF NAXOS</em></strong><br />\nMusic by Richard Strauss<br />\nLibretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal<br />\n<br />\nA New Production<br />\n<br />\nCombining slapstick comedy and beautiful music in a competition of &ldquo\;high&rdquo\; and &ldquo\;low&rdquo\; art\,&nbsp\;<em>Ariadne auf Naxos</em>&nbsp\;is a cock-eyed tale about art\, love\, and infidelity. A wealthy patron commissions two pieces of entertainment for a party&mdash\;an opera based on the Ariadne myth and a comedy by a song and dance troupe. Shortly before the performances are to begin\, he orders that they be performed simultaneously in order for a fireworks display to begin on time. What follows is a class war in Strauss&rsquo\; brilliant opera based on a Moli&egrave\;re comedy.<br />\n<br />\n&ldquo\;A tale of everyday farce and mythical fantasy.&rdquo\;&nbsp\;<em>The New York Times</em>&nbsp\;exclaims Ariadne auf Naxos is &ldquo\;plush and lyrical.&rdquo\;<br />\n<br />\n<em><strong>Inside the Opera</strong></em><strong>&nbsp\;pre-show talk begins 1 hour before curtain at The Barns</strong><br />\n<strong>Performance running time: 2.5 hours including one intermission</strong><br />\n<strong>Sung in German with projected English translations</strong></big></span></p>\n
LOCATION:The Barns at Wolf Trap 1635 Trap Rd. Vienna\, VA 22182
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DTSTAMP:20260916T150213Z
URL:https://www.greatermerrifield.org/events/details/wolf-trap-strauss-ariadne-auf-naxos-07-21-2019-748
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