Strauss’s four songs were performed by soprano Amanda Majeski, whose career has recently taken her to The Royal Opera of ...

Like many eventual conservatives, the composer Richard Strauss (1864-1949) began as a radical, effectively reinventing the orchestral tone poem in the late 19th century, then testing the limits of ...

Richard Strauss and his Heroines Divorce! After six years of marriage the choleric and chronically jealous Pauline, daughter ...

The Vienna Philharmonic returned to Southern California in fine form, conducted by Yannick Nezet-Seguin with Yefim Bronfman ...

Now, I realize I have been making my way through dozens of “meh” singers, doing their best but just not moving the needle.

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 ...

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Music director Franz Welser-Möst leads performances of Fifth Symphony, Leonore Overture No. 3 and Janáček suite.