An opera in one act with a prologue
Music by Richard Strauss Libretto by HUGO VON HOFMANNSTHAL (sung in German)
(gramophone records)
VIENNA PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA conducted by ERICH LEINDORF The Prologue: A hall in the mansion of a Viennese nobleman
3.50* Sensuality on Naxos ALAN JEFFERSON talks about its implications in the Strauss Hofmannsthal opera.
4.10* Ariadne auf Naxos
The Opera: A stage set erected in the hall, representing the outside of a cave on Naxos