Strauss: Ariadne Auf Naxos / Thielemann, Vienna State Opera Orchestra

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February 19, 2021
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    Featuring
    • COMPOSER
      STRAUSS, RICHARD
    • PERFORMER
      Orchester Der Wiener Staatsoper, Thielemann
    Product Details
    • RELEASE DATE
      February 19, 2021
    • UPC
      4011790996226
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      ORF-C996202
    • LABEL
      Orfeo
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      2
    • GENRE
    Works
    1. The Prologue: Overture - Mein Herr Haushofmeister! (Musiklehrer, Haushofmeister)

      Composer: Richard Strauss

      Ensemble: Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper

      Performer: Jochen Schmeckenbecher, Peter Matić

      Conductor: Christian Thielemann

    2. The Prologue: Hier finden Euer Gnaden die Mamsell Zerbinetta (Lakai, Offizier, Komponist, Bacchus, Perückenmacher, Zerbinetta, Primadonna, Musiklehrer, Tanzmeister)

      Composer: Richard Strauss

      Ensemble: Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper

      Performer: Marcus Pelz, Daniel Lökös, Sophie Koch, Johan Botha, Won Cheol Song, Daniela Fally, Soile Isokoski, Jochen Schmeckenbecher, Norbert Ernst

      Conductor: Christian Thielemann

    3. The Prologue: Ihnen allen habe ich eine plötzliche Anordnung (Haushofmeister, Musiklehrer, Tansmeister, Tenor, Primadonna, Zerbinetta, Komponist)

      Composer: Richard Strauss

      Ensemble: Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper

      Performer: Peter Matić, Jochen Schmeckenbecher, Sophie Koch, Daniela Fally, Soile Isokoski, Norbert Ernst, Johan Botha

      Conductor: Christian Thielemann

    4. The Prologue: Sie hält ihn für den Todesgott (Komponist, Zerbinetta)

      Composer: Richard Strauss

      Ensemble: Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper

      Performer: Sophie Koch, Daniela Fally

      Conductor: Christian Thielemann

    5. The Prologue: An Ihre Plätze, meine Damen und Herrn! (Musiklehrer, Primadonna)

      Composer: Richard Strauss

      Ensemble: Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper

      Performer: Jochen Schmeckenbecher, Soile Isokoski

      Conductor: Christian Thielemann

    6. The Prologue: Sein wir wieder gut (Komponist, Musiklehrer)

      Composer: Richard Strauss

      Ensemble: Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper

      Performer: Sophie Koch, Jochen Schmeckenbecher

      Conductor: Christian Thielemann

    7. The Opera: Overture

      Composer: Richard Strauss

      Ensemble: Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper

      Conductor: Christian Thielemann

    8. The Opera: Schläft sie! (Najade, Dryade, Echo)

      Composer: Richard Strauss

      Ensemble: Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper

      Performer: Valentina Naforniță, Rachel Frenkel, Olga Bezsmertna

      Conductor: Christian Thielemann

    9. The Opera: Ach! Wo war ich? (Ariadne, Echo, Harlequin, Zerbinetta, Truffaldin)

      Composer: Richard Strauss

      Ensemble: Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper

      Performer: Soile Isokoski, Olga Bezsmertna, Adam Plachetka, Daniela Fally, Jongmin Park

      Conductor: Christian Thielemann

    10. The Opera: Ein Schönes war, hiess Theseus - Ariadne (Ariadne, Najade, Dryade, Echo, Harlekin, Zerbinetta, Scaramuccio, Truffaldin)

      Composer: Richard Strauss

      Ensemble: Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper

      Performer: Soile Isokoski, Valentina Naforniță, Rachel Frenkel, Olga Bezsmertna, Adam Plachetka, Daniela Fally, Carlos Osuna, Jongmin Park

      Conductor: Christian Thielemann

    11. The Opera: Es gibt ein Reich, wo alles rein ist (Ariadne)

      Composer: Richard Strauss

      Ensemble: Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper

      Performer: Soile Isokoski

      Conductor: Christian Thielemann

    12. The Opera: Die Dame gibt mit trübem Sinn sich all zu sehr der Trauer hin (Brighella, Scaramuccio, Harlekin, Truffaldin, Zerbinetta)

      Composer: Richard Strauss

      Ensemble: Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper

      Performer: Benjamin Bruns, Carlos Osuna, Adam Plachetka, Jongmin Park, Daniela Fally

      Conductor: Christian Thielemann

    13. The Opera: Grossmächtige Prinzessin, wer verstunde nicht (Zerbinetta)

      Composer: Richard Strauss

      Ensemble: Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper

      Performer: Daniela Fally

      Conductor: Christian Thielemann

    14. The Opera: Hübsch gepredigt! Aber tauben Ohren! (Harlekin, Zerbinetta, Brighella, Scaramuccio, Truffaldin)

      Composer: Richard Strauss

      Ensemble: Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper

      Performer: Adam Plachetka, Daniela Fally, Benjamin Bruns, Carlos Osuna, Jongmin Park

      Conductor: Christian Thielemann

    15. The Opera: Ein schönes Wunder! (Najade, Dryade, Echo)

      Composer: Richard Strauss

      Ensemble: Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper

      Performer: Rachel Frenkel, Valentina Naforniță, Olga Bezsmertna

      Conductor: Christian Thielemann

    16. The Opera: Circe, Circe, kannst du mich hören? (Ariadne, Bacchus, Najade, Dryade, Echo)

      Composer: Richard Strauss

      Ensemble: Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper

      Performer: Soile Isokoski, Johan Botha, Valentina Naforniță, Rachel Frenkel, Olga Bezsmertna

      Conductor: Christian Thielemann

    17. The Opera: Theseus! Nein! Nein! Es ist der schöne stille Gott! (Ariadne, Bacchus)

      Composer: Richard Strauss

      Ensemble: Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper

      Performer: Soile Isokoski, Johan Botha

      Conductor: Christian Thielemann

    18. The Opera: Gibt es kein Hinüber? (Ariadne, Bacchus, Najade, Dryade, Echo, Zerbinetta)

      Composer: Richard Strauss

      Ensemble: Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper

      Performer: Soile Isokoski, Johan Botha, Valentina Naforniță, Rachel Frenkel, Olga Bezsmertna, Daniela Fally

      Conductor: Christian Thielemann


This live recording of Ariadne auf Naxos in October 2014 took place not only at the site of the opera premiere of the version of the opera that we are best familiar with these days, but it also testifies Christian Thielemann's first conducting engagement of a scenic performance of a Strauss opera at the opera house on the Ring. The cast includes Soile Isokoski as Ariadne, Johan Botha - in one of his latest performances before his untimely death - as Bachus, Daniela Fally as Zerbinetta, Sophie Koch as the composer, Jochen Schmeckenbecher as the music teacher and Peter Matic as the dancing master. Many attendees of the premiere of Strauss' first version of Ariadne - which was intended to succeed Moliere's Le Bourgeois gentilhomme and for this reason was six hours long - felt that they had just been part of a first-rate funeral. It had become obvious that this third cooperational work with Hugo von Hofmannsthal needed some restructuring. As a consequence, the Moliere piece was replaced with the Prologue, and premiered four years later on 4 October 1916 at Vienna's Court Opera (today's State Opera). In March 2021, Ariadne returns to the Vienna State Opera's playing schedule.