Strauss: Intermezzo

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Label
Naxos
Release Date
June 12, 2026
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Richard Strauss
    • PERFORMER
      Philipp Jekal, Maria Bengtsson, Elliott Woodruff, Anna Schoeck, Thomas Blondelle, Clemens Bieber, Ma
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      June 12, 2026
    • UPC
      730099058476
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      8660584-85
    • LABEL
      Naxos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      2
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Act I Scene 1: Anna, Anna! Wo bleibt denn nur die dumme Gans? (Christine, Robert, Anna)

      Composer: Richard Strauss

      Ensemble: Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin

      Performer: Maria Bengtsson, Philipp Jekal, Anna Schoeck

      Conductor: Donald Runnicles

    2. Act I Scene 1: Nun wollen wir frisieren! (Christine, Anna, Franzl)

      Composer: Richard Strauss

      Ensemble: Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin

      Performer: Maria Bengtsson, Anna Schoeck, Elliott Woodruff

      Conductor: Donald Runnicles

    3. Act I Scene 2: Bahn frei - Sie Esel! Sehn Sie denn nicht… (Christine, Baron Lummer)

      Composer: Richard Strauss

      Ensemble: Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin

      Performer: Maria Bengtsson, Thomas Blondelle

      Conductor: Donald Runnicles

    4. Act I Scene 3: Ich kann nicht mehr! So toll… (Christine, Baron Lummer)

      Composer: Richard Strauss

      Ensemble: Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin

      Performer: Maria Bengtsson, Thomas Blondelle

      Conductor: Donald Runnicles

    5. Act I Scene 4: Wissen Sie, mein Mann, der immer an der Arbeit sitzt (Christine, Wife of the Notary)

      Composer: Richard Strauss

      Ensemble: Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin

      Performer: Maria Bengtsson, Nadine Secunde

      Conductor: Donald Runnicles

    6. Act I Scene 5: Es ist wirklich ein sehr netter, ungeheuer bescheidener Mensch (Christine, A Cook, Marie, Baron Lummer)

      Composer: Richard Strauss

      Ensemble: Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin

      Performer: Maria Bengtsson, Tobias Kehrer, Lilit Davtyan, Thomas Blondelle

      Conductor: Donald Runnicles

    7. Act I Scene 6: Frau Notar! Können Sie mir meinen Koffer heraufschicken? (Baron Lummer, Wife of the Notary, Resi)

      Composer: Richard Strauss

      Ensemble: Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin

      Performer: Thomas Blondelle, Nadine Secunde, Lilit Davtyan

      Conductor: Donald Runnicles

    8. Act I Scene 7: Tausend Mark will er haben! (Christine, Baron Lummer, Anna)

      Composer: Richard Strauss

      Ensemble: Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin

      Performer: Maria Bengtsson, Thomas Blondelle, Anna Schoeck

      Conductor: Donald Runnicles

    9. Act I Scene 8: Mein lieber, lieber Bubi! Ich bin so furchtbar unglücklich! (Christine, Franzl)

      Composer: Richard Strauss

      Ensemble: Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin

      Performer: Maria Bengtsson, Elliott Woodruff

      Conductor: Donald Runnicles

    10. Act II Scene 1: Introduction - Ach! Sie kennen sie nicht, Herr Justizrat! (A Commissioner, A Singer, Stroh, A Lawyer, Robert)

      Composer: Richard Strauss

      Ensemble: Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin

      Performer: Joel Allison, Tobias Kehrer, Clemens Bieber, Simon Pauly, Philipp Jekal

      Conductor: Donald Runnicles

    11. Act II Scene 2: Guten Tag, Herr Notar! (Christine, The Notary)

      Composer: Richard Strauss

      Ensemble: Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin

      Performer: Maria Bengtsson, Markus Brück

      Conductor: Donald Runnicles

    12. Act II Scene 3: Es ist einfach zum Rasendwerden! (Robert, Stroh)

      Composer: Richard Strauss

      Ensemble: Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin

      Performer: Philipp Jekal, Clemens Bieber

      Conductor: Donald Runnicles

    13. Act II Scene 4: Anna! Ich hätte den Baron doch nicht dahin schicken sollen (Christine, Anna, Therese)

      Composer: Richard Strauss

      Ensemble: Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin

      Performer: Maria Bengtsson, Anna Schoeck, Lilit Davtyan

      Conductor: Donald Runnicles

    14. Act II Scene 5: Er kommt! Herrgott, wie ich mich freue (Christine, Therese, Robert)

      Composer: Richard Strauss

      Ensemble: Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin

      Performer: Maria Bengtsson, Lilit Davtyan, Philipp Jekal

      Conductor: Donald Runnicles

    15. Act II Scene 6: Da bin ich, gnäd'ge Frau! (Baron Lummer, Christine, Robert)

      Composer: Richard Strauss

      Ensemble: Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin

      Performer: Thomas Blondelle, Maria Bengtsson, Philipp Jekal

      Conductor: Donald Runnicles


Richard Strauss summed up his two-act opera Intermezzo as a 'bourgeois comedy with symphonic interludes'. The soprano role of Christine with it's shimmering cantilenas represents Strauss's wife Pauline, while the successful Kapellmeister Robert Storch serves as Richard Strauss himself in a domestic drama that was avant-garde for it's time but now resonates with the accessibility of today's reality shows. This production from the Deutsche Oper Berlin was acclaimed for it's lush orchestral sound and superbly characterful cast led by a formidable central performance from Maria Bengtsson.