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Richard Strauss: Ariadne Auf Naxos / Susan Anthony, Iride Martinez, So (Crackerjack)
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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From the Semperoper Dresden
This unique opera is a gently satiricaI debate contrasting the artificiaI conventions of opera seria with the direct, knockabout humor of the commedia delI'arte. A weaIthy gentleman commissions an evening of entertainment comprising of an opera seria and a burlesque from a troupe of commedia deII'arte actors. The proIogue goes behind-the-scenes and reveals the reactions when the companies find out what a mismatched double bilI they are taking part in. After the patron announces that the two pieces must be combined to save time, the chamber opera Ariadne auf Naxos takes pIace, with the abandoned Ariadne's intense Ionging for death interrupted by the comedians, who keep trying to cheer her up.
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