Ariadne auf Naxos
ASO77 (1985).
- Daviau, Donald G., and George J. Buelow. The “Ariadne auf Naxos” of Hugo
von Hofmannsthal and Richard Strauss. Chapel Hill: U. of North Carolina
Press, 1975. 269p. ISBN 0-8078-8080-9. ML410 .S93 D35.
A scholarly study of the shaping of the libretto (correspondence, revisions) and
of the music. Technical discussion of tonality and structure, with musical
examples. Bibliography of about 450 titles, no index. - Gräwe, Karl Dietrich. “Sprache, Musik und Szene in Ariadne auf Naxos
von Hugo von Hofmannsthal und Richard Strauss.” Ph.D. diss., Ludwig-
Maximilians-U. (Munich), 1969. 357p. - Forsyth, Karen. “Ariadne auf Naxos” by Hugo von Hofmannsthal and
Richard Strauss.New York: Oxford U.P., 1982. viii, 291p. ISBN 0-19-
815536-0. ML50 .S93 A62 F7.
A thorough background treatment, based on the author’s Oxford dissertation.
Genesis, revisions, critical reception. Detailed analysis of the Vorspiel. Hof-
mannsthal’s previously unpublished notes, playbills, musical examples, foot-
notes. Bibliography of about 90 items, expansive index of names, titles, and
topics. More on the genesis is in Richard Kuhns, “The Rebirth of Satyr
Tragedy in Ariadne auf Naxos,” OQ15-4 (Autumn 1999): 435–448. - Erwin, Charlotte Elizabeth. “Richard Strauss’s Ariadne auf Naxos: An Analy-
sis of Musical Style Based on a Study of Revisions.” Ph.D. diss., Yale U., 1976.
265p. - Lesnig, Günther. “70 Jahre Ariadne auf Naxos.” Richard Strauss-Blätter 26
(December 1991): 54–102.
Details on some 400 performances at the Wiener Staatsoper to 1991. This is a
revision of the author’s earlier list, in the same journal, 18 (December 1987).
Capriccio
ASO152 (1993).
- Wilhelm, Kurt. Fürs Wort brauche ich hilfe: Die Geburt der Oper “Capriccio”
von Richard Strauss und Clemens Kraus. Munich: Nymphenburger, 1988.
352p. ISBN 3-4850-0568-1. ML410 .S896 W5.
Genesis, sketches, revisions, scene-by-scene description, reception of the pre-
miere. Then an account of the Kraus performance at the Bayerische Staatsoper,
28 October 1942. With 97 facsimiles and 73 photos (8 in color). Name index. - Lesnig, Günther. “50 Jahre Capriccio.” Richard Strauss-Blätter28 (December
1992): 29–78.
Since its premiere in 1942, the opera has become one of the most performed by
any composer. This chronology of performances, with casts, has useful photos
of theater programs from many countries.
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