Ariadne Auf Naxos
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Christian Thielemann conducts this Staatskapelle Dresden production of Richard Strauss' chamber opera. The opera follows events at the home of the wealthiest man in Vienna, who has booked both a comedy burlesque act and a serious opera group for entertainment. When the dinner runs long he declares that both forms of entertainment must take place at the same time - much to the chagrin of the opera's proud young composer. Filmed live in Baden-Baden on Feb. 25 by the veteran director Brian Large, Renée Fleming makes her debut in the role of Ariadne together with fellow key Strauss interpreters Sophie Koch and Christian Thielemann, following on from their Rosenkavalier triumph. Thielemann conducts the Staatskapelle Dresden, the orchestra to whom Strauss dedicated his Alpine Symphony and which premiered Feuersnot, Salome, Elektra, Der Rosenkavalier and Daphne.
Cast
![Christian Thielemann](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//jji3gjbi61pWVsHy9TesDKyWvzF.jpg)
Christian Thielemann
Conductor
![Renée Fleming](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//7L6CEpZS2eYmKZquDTFTSpEbTiz.jpg)
Renée Fleming
Ariadne/Prima Donna
![Eike Wilm Schulte](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Eike Wilm Schulte
Musiklehrer
![Sophie Koch](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//131B2Dd2tMylZgQPEBjkv8ZfQrS.jpg)
Sophie Koch
Komponist
![Robert Dean Smith](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Robert Dean Smith
Bacchus/The Tenor
![Jane Archibald](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Jane Archibald
Zerbinetta
![René Kollo](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//zUi9xsOeYwzEAXl8vlNG26BcRvg.jpg)
René Kollo
Haushofmeister
![Kevin Conners](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Kevin Conners
Brighella
![Steven Humes](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Steven Humes
Truffaldino
![Lenneke Ruiten](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Lenneke Ruiten
Echo
![Christina Landshamer](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Christina Landshamer
Naiad
![Rachel Frenkel](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Rachel Frenkel
Dryad
![Christian Baumgärtel](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Christian Baumgärtel
Tanzmeister
![Staatskapelle Dresden](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)