Ariadne auf Naxos
Humphrey Burton goes to the Vienna State Opera for a performance of Strauss's reworking of this classical tale to a libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal. The production has a star-studded cast, including the legendary Edita Gruberova - a darling of the Viennese public - as Zerbinetta.
Vienna State Opera Orchestra, conductor Peter Schneider
Parti
8.20 Rebuilding the Vienna Opera House
Marcel Prawy talks to Moore Parker about theVienna State Opera in the years after the Second World War.
8.45 Part 2
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