Richard Strauss is known for his huge late 19th century orchestral works on weighty topics, so it might be surprising to discover that he wrote a suite for orchestra based on short harpsichord pieces ...

By Wendy Doniger Although the music of “Die Frau ohne Schatten” (“The Woman Without a Shadow”) is often transcendentally beautiful, it is among the least performed of the Richard Strauss ...

Richard Strauss’s DIE FRAU OHNE SCHATTEN will be heard through December 19. For more information about the opera and ticket availability, please see the Met’s website . Reader Reviews ...

Bohmerl'' was Strauss's endearing diminutive for the conductor who did most to propagate the composer's music during his lifetime and thereafter. If Bohm wasn't conducting the premiere of a work in ...

“There was no creative musician of our time whom I would more willingly have served than Richard Strauss, last of the great line of German composers of genius running from Handel and ...

Richard’s formal academic schooling ran parallel to his musical ... The influential pianist, composer and conductor Hans von Bülow took a shine to the young Strauss. When he left his orchestra at ...

The Berlin Philharmonic in Strauss's most daring opera, with Nina Stemme in the title role as the tortured daughter whose mother Clytemnestra has murdered her father Agamemnon. Show more The ...

Winchester Symphony Orchestra is gearing up for a concert featuring early 20th-century classics. On Saturday, March 29 at 7.30pm, the New Hall at College Walk will echo with the sounds of Richard ...

Principal French horn Benjamin Jabar showed why he can win such auditions. Not that Strauss neglects the orchestra’s other musicians. The piece is a near concerto for orchestra, and Payare was ...