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Strauss - Und Seine Heldinnen, Skizze Eines Lebens

Release Date: 10/30/2015
Label: Arthaus Musik Catalog #: 109059
Number of Discs: 1

Richard Strauss created heroines: Elektra, Salome and Daphne, Arabella, Ariadne and Danae. Through these characters he was able to express strong female feelings in his music. | In this documentary by Thomas Steinaeckers, Richard Strauss and His Heroines, Brigitte Fassbaender, Renée Fleming, Dame Gwyneth Jones and Christa Ludwig, the great Strauss interpreters, not only sing but tell these stories. | Also included on this BluRay is 'Richard Strauss - A Sketch of LIfe," a film by Marieke Schroeder and Barbara Wunderlich. | With Christian Strauss, Gabriele Strauss Hotter, Inge Borkh, Brigitte Fassbaender, this film takes the viewer to Strauss villa in Garmisch where Richard Struass's spirit prevails! | | Read less