Ariadne Auf Naxos (2013)

Christian Thielemann conducts this Staatskapelle Dresden production of Richard Strauss chamber opera The opera follows events at the home of the wealthiest man in Vienna who has booked both a comedy burlesque act and a serious opera group for entertainment When the dinner runs long he declares that both forms of entertainment must take place at the same time much to the chagrin of the operas proud young composer Filmed live in BadenBaden on Feb 25 by the veteran director Brian Large Renée Fleming makes her debut in the role of Ariadne together with fellow key Strauss interpreters Sophie Koch and Christian Thielemann following on from their Rosenkavalier triumph Thielemann conducts the Staatskapelle Dresden the orchestra to whom Strauss dedicated his Alpine Symphony and which premiered Feuersnot Salome Elektra Der Rosenkavalier and Daphne