When it comes to musical humor, one thing’s for sure: To be funny in sound is not like a joke in language whose weird setup (a priest, a lawyer, and a jackass walk into a bar) is upended by a ...

Twenty-nine years have passed since Richard Strauss’s Salome first shed her veils for Herod, shrieked her demands for the head of John the Baptist, groveled before it, kissed its cold lips. Scene was ...

Although he did not coin the term, Richard Strauss wrote the book on "tone poems," music that tells a story or describes a place. His descriptive and programmatic works are so vivid you can hear night ...

Madison Lyric Stage, a professional non-profit theater company, will present Richard Strauss’ musical masterpiece, Elektra, June 7-9. While this opera originally premiered in 1909, this is the very ...

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A prominent personality in the music world celebrated his 60th birthday; City of Vienna made this the occasion for a gala week. Honors both frothy and substantial were recklessly poured upon the head ...