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Richard Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos

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Released: 2002-09-24

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Richard Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos DVD Cast & Features Cast:
Charles Anthony, Kathleen Battle, Barbara Bonney, Nico Castel, Artur Korn, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Jessye Norman, Tatiana Troyanos, Dawn Upshaw, James Courtney, James King, Franz Ferdinand Nentwig, Stephen Dickson, Anthony Laciura, Allan Glassman, Joseph Frank, Gweneth Bean, Russell Christopher

Director(s): Brian Large

Features:
Rehearsal with subtitles
Trailer
Richard Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos DVD Details
Video:
Pre-1954 Standard
Audio:
Dolby Digital w/ sub-woofer channel
Digital Theater Systems (akin to 5.1)
PCM stereo
Language:
German
Subtitles:
English, French, Spanish, German
Running Time: 154
Genre: Classical Opera Operetta Oratorio
Item Weight: 1
UPC: 044007302897
Product Code: DEGR073028DVD
Format: DVD
Year:1988
Studio: Deutsche Grammophon
Richard Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos DVD Summary Ariadne auf Naxos begins with a lengthy prologue involving the premiere of an opera based on the story of Ariadne.

A conflict develops when the opera's composer discovers that a frivolous comedy has been added to the bill after his new masterpiece.

Tensions increase when it is decreed that, because of time restrictions, both pieces are to be performed together so that there will be time for a fireworks display afterward.

The cast and creators struggle to quickly come up with a way of making