Burlesque entertainers and a Prima Donna: Adrian Dwyer as Brighella, Alex Banfield as Scaramuccio, Jennifer France as Zerbinetta, John Savournin as Truffaldino, Dominic Sedgwick as Harlequin and ...

In Richard Strauss’ opera “Ariadne auf Naxos,” a rich patron whom the audience never meets has hired two performing groups to provide entertainment for a large banquet. One group is to present serious ...

If there is one thing that recent productions of Ariadne auf Naxos have taught us it is that, when there is so much in the opera to begin with, it does not pay to be too clever with the concept. For ...

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It's serious! It's hilarious! It's Richard Strauss' delightful "Ariadne auf Naxos," and it's the penultimate offering of Winter Opera St. Louis' 2011-2012 season. "Ariadne" is an opera within an opera ...

Now in its fifth season, Winter Opera St. Louis is stretching beyond its Italianate roots. With Richard Strauss' "Ariadne auf Naxos," seen Friday night at the St. Louis Women's Club, WOSL took on its ...

Ostensibly, the story of Ariadne auf Naxos would appear to pick up exactly where Harrison Birtwistle’s The Minotaur left off. Strauss’ opera, his third Hofmannsthal collaboration, is infinitely more ...

Two hours might be the beginning of Oscar-bait territory when it comes to film, but for opera, it’s relatively short. As concise as Richard Strauss’ “Ariadne auf Naxos” might be, it was originally ...

Miss Betty Jane Smith of Grand Junction, Tenn., was selected as "Rose of Delta Sig" by Gamma Zeta Chapter of Delta Sigma Pi ...

Vagaries of programming mean there are just three chances to see Ariadne auf Naxos at Covent Garden this season, and if you were busy last night you've already missed one of them. Pummel the doors to ...

Ariadne, which Strauss wrote in tandem with his most celebrated collaborator, Hugo von Hofmannsthal, consists of an extended prologue followed by a one act opera. Within the prologue Strauss lays bare ...