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Composer of the Week: Strauss

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5/5. Strauss's Wartime Operas
Donald Macleod looks at Strauss's operatic output in the 1930s and at the effect on his career ofthe rise to power of the Nazis. Dein Haus wird mein Haus sein (Arabella) Julia Varady (soprano), Dietrich Fischer -Dieskau (baritone), Bavarian State
Orchestra, conductor Wolfgang Sawallisch Die schweigsame Frau: Overture; Act 2 (end) Soloists, Bavarian State Orchestra, conductor Wolfgang Sawallisch Friedenstag (excerpt) Soloists,
Dresden State Opera Chorus. Dresden
Staatskapelle, conductor Giuseppe Sinopoli lm Abendrot (Four Last Songs) Gundula Janowitz (soprano), Berlin Philharmonic
Orchestra, conductor Herbert von Karajan Repeated on Thursday at 12 midnight

Contributors

Unknown:
Donald MacLeod
Unknown:
Dein Haus
Soprano:
Julia Varady
Soprano:
Dietrich Fischer
Conductor:
Wolfgang Sawallisch
Conductor:
Wolfgang Sawallisch
Conductor:
Giuseppe Sinopoli
Soprano:
Gundula Janowitz
Source: Radio Times

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