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Shadow of a Childless Woman: The Mythic Roots of Strauss’s ‘Frau’
Posted inClassical Music Die Frau Ohne Schatten (Opera) Hofmannsthal, Hugo von Metropolitan Opera Myths and Mythical Creatures Opera Strauss, Richard

Shadow of a Childless Woman: The Mythic Roots of Strauss’s ‘Frau’

What’s behind the strange emphasis on childlessness in “Die Frau ohne Schatten,” the Strauss-Hofmannsthal opera now at the Met? Look to the ancients.
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Posted by By Wendy Doniger
Strauss’s ‘Die Frau Ohne Schatten’ at the Metropolitan Opera
Posted inDie Frau Ohne Schatten (Opera) Hofmannsthal, Hugo von Lindstrom, Lise Metropolitan Opera Nezet-Seguin, Yannick Opera Stemme, Nina Strauss, Richard Thomas, Russell (Singer) van den Heever, Elza Volle, Michael

Strauss’s ‘Die Frau Ohne Schatten’ at the Metropolitan Opera

“Die Frau Ohne Schatten,” a dense ode to fertility, may not sound appealing at first. But in this performance, the fairy tale comes movingly to life.
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Posted by By Zachary Woolfe
San Francisco Becomes an Opera Capital
Posted inCruz, Nilo Die Frau Ohne Schatten (Opera) El Ultimo Sueno de Frida y Diego (Opera) Frank, Gabriela Lena Opera Saariaho, Kaija San Francisco (Calif) San Francisco Opera San Francisco Symphony

San Francisco Becomes an Opera Capital

Audiences could take in works by Strauss and Kaija Saariaho, as well as a new one by Gabriela Lena Frank about Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera.
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Posted by By Joshua Barone

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