List of operas by Richard Strauss
This is a complete list of the operas by the German composer Richard Strauss (1864–1949).
| Opus | Title | Genre | Subdivisions | Libretto | Composition | Première date | Place, Theatre |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00 | KampfDer Kampf mit dem Drachen | 1 act | KörnerTheodor Körner | 1876 | 0— | 0unperformed | |
| 25 | Guntram (revised 1940) | 3 acts | Straussby the composer | 1892–1893 | 1894-05-1010 May 1894; revised version: 29 October 1940 | Weimar, Grossherzogliches Hoftheater | |
| 50 | Feuersnot | Singgedicht | 1 act | WolzogenErnst von Wolzogen | 1900–1901 | 1901-11-2121 November 1901 | Dresden, Hoftheater |
| 54 | Salome | Musikdrama | 1 act | WildeOscar Wilde; German translation by Hedwig Lachmann | 1903–1905 | 1905-12-099 December 1905 | Dresden, Hoftheater |
| 58 | Elektra | Tragödie | 1 act | HofmannsthalHugo von Hofmannsthal | 1906–1908 | 1909-01-2525 January 1909 | Dresden, Hoftheater |
| 59 | RosenkavalierDer Rosenkavalier | Komödie für Musik | 3 acts | HofmannsthalHugo von Hofmannsthal | 1909–1910 | 1911-01-2626 January 1911 | Dresden, Königliches Opernhaus |
| 60 | Ariadne1Ariadne auf Naxos; to be played after Le bourgeois gentilhomme by Molière | Oper | 1 act | HofmannsthalHugo von Hofmannsthal | 1911–1912 | 1912-10-2525 October 1912 | Stuttgart, Kleines Haus des Hoftheaters |
| 60 (II) | Ariadne2Ariadne auf Naxos, second version | 1.5prologue & 1 act | HofmannsthalHugo von Hofmannsthal | 1915–1916 | 1916-10-044 October 1916 | Vienna, Kaiserliches und Königliches Hof-Operntheater | |
| 65 | FrauDie Frau ohne Schatten | Oper | 3 acts | HofmannsthalHugo von Hofmannsthal | 1914–1917 | 1919-10-1010 October 1919 | Vienna, Vienna State Opera |
| 72 | Intermezzo | bürgerliche Komödie mit sinfonischen Zwischenspielen | 2 acts | Straussby the composer | 1918–1923 | 1924-11-044 November 1924 | Dresden, Semperoper |
| 75 | aegyptischeDie ägyptische Helena | Oper | 2 acts | HofmannsthalHugo von Hofmannsthal, after Homer, Euripides and Goethe | 1923–1927 | 1928-06-066 June 1928 | Dresden, Semperoper new version: 14 August 1933, Salzburg, Kleines Festspielhaus |
| 79 | Arabella | lyrische Komödie | 3 acts | HofmannsthalHugo von Hofmannsthal, after his story Lucidor, Figuren zu einer ungeschriebenen Komödie (1910) and the comic sketch Der Fiaker als Graf (1925) | 1929–1932 | 1933-07-011 July 1933 | Dresden, Semperoper |
| 80 | schweigsameDie schweigsame Frau | komische Oper | 3 acts | ZweigStefan Zweig, after Ben Jonson's Epicœne, or The silent woman | 1933–1934 | 1935-06-2424 June 1935 | Dresden, Semperoper |
| 81 | Friedenstag | Oper | 1 act | GregorJoseph Gregor | 1935–1936 | 1938-07-2424 July 1938 | Munich, Bayerische Staatsoper, Nationaltheater |
| 82 | Daphne | bukolische Tragödie | 1 act | GregorJoseph Gregor | 1936–1937 | 1938-10-1515 October 1938 | Dresden, Semperoper |
| 83 | LiebeDie Liebe der Danae | heitere Mythologie | 3 acts | GregorJoseph Gregor | 1938–1940 | 1952-08-1414 August 1952 | Salzburg, Kleines Festspielhaus |
| 85 | Capriccio | Konversationsstück für Musik | 1 act | KraussClemens Krauss and the composer | 1940–1941 | 1942-10-2828 October 1942 | Munich, Bayerische Staatsoper, Nationaltheater |
| 999 | EselsDes Esels Schatten (orchestrated and completed by Karl Haussner) | Komödie | 6 scenes | AdlerHans Adler, after Wieland's novel Die Abderiten | 1947–1948 | 1964-06-077 June 1964 | Ettal |
See also
References
- Sources
- Some of the information in this article is taken from the related Dutch Wikipedia article.
- Murray, David (1992), 'Strauss, Richard' in The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, ed. Stanley Sadie (London) ISBN 0-333-73432-7
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