Ariadne auf Naxos | Richard Strauss

The exhilarating soprano Lise Davidsen makes her Live in HD debut in one of her signature roles, the mythological Greek heroine of Strauss’s enchanting masterpiece. The outstanding cast also features mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard as the Composer of the opera-within-an-opera around which the plot revolves, with soprano Brenda Rae as the spirited Zerbinetta and tenor Brandon Jovanovich as Ariadne’s lover, the god Bacchus. Marek Janowski conducts.

Conductor: Marek Janowski
Director: Elijah Moshinsky
Scenic designer: Michael Yeargan
Costume designer: Michael Yeargan
Light design: Gil Wechsler

Cast:
Lise Davidsen
Brenda Rae
Isabel Leonard
Brandon Jovanovich
Sean Michael Plumb
Johannes Martin Kränzle
Thomas Allen

Estimated duration: 2h 50 min (including one intermission)