
Richard Strauss - Ariadne Auf Naxos 2012
"A Glorious Ariadne"
Overview
Flemings voice might have been made for Ariadne and she achieved a great personal triumph in this production: The chief glory of the evening was hearing Renee Fleming, the Straussian soprano par excellence, making her role debut as Ariadneโฆ As the possessor of what is, possibly, the most beautiful soprano voice in the world, she put her vocal treasures in the service of an empathic, nuanced interpretation of the role. From the creamy top, through a rich, warm middle, to the bewitching, darker co
Director: Phillipe Arlaud
Cast

Renรฉe Fleming
Ariadne

Sophie Koch
Komponist
Eike Wilm Schulte
Musiklehrer
Robert Dean Smith
Tenor/Bacchus
Jane Archibald
Zerbinetta

Christian Thielemann
Conductor
Staatskapelle Dresden