List of operas by Richard Strauss

This is a complete list of the operas by the German composer Richard Strauss (1864–1949).

List

OpusTitleGenreSub­divisionsLibrettoCompositionPremière datePlace, Theatre
 Der Kampf mit dem Drachen 1 actTheodor Körner1876unperformed
25Guntram
(revised 1940)
 3 actsby the composer1892–189310 May 1894;
revised version: 29 October 1940
Weimar, Grossherzogliches Hoftheater (both versions)
50FeuersnotSinggedicht1 actErnst von Wolzogen1900–190121 November 1901Dresden, Königliches Opernhaus
54SalomeMusikdrama1 actby the composer, based on Hedwig Lachmann's German translation of the French play Salomé by Oscar Wilde1903–19059 December 1905Dresden, Königliches Opernhaus
58ElektraTragödie1 actHugo von Hofmannsthal, after Sophocles's Electra1906–190825 January 1909Dresden, Königliches Opernhaus
59Der RosenkavalierKomödie für Musik3 actsHugo von Hofmannsthal1909–191026 January 1911Dresden, Königliches Opernhaus
60Ariadne auf Naxos; to be played after Le bourgeois gentilhomme by MolièreOper1 actHugo von Hofmannsthal1911–191225 October 1912Stuttgart, Kleines Haus des Hoftheaters
60(II)Ariadne auf Naxos,
second version
prologue &
1 act
Hugo von Hofmannsthal1915–19164 October 1916Vienna, Kaiserliches und Königliches Hof-Operntheater
65Die Frau ohne SchattenOper3 actsHugo von Hofmannsthal, after Goethe1914–191710 October 1919Vienna, Vienna State Opera
72Intermezzobürgerliche Komödie mit sinfonischen Zwischenspielen2 actsby the composer1918–19234 November 1924Dresden, Semperoper
75Die ägyptische HelenaOper2 actsHugo von Hofmannsthal, after Euripides's Helen1923–19276 June 1928Dresden, Semperoper
new version: 14 August 1933, Salzburg, Kleines Festspielhaus
79Arabellalyrische Komödie3 actsHugo von Hofmannsthal, after his story Lucidor, Figuren zu einer ungeschriebenen Komödie (1910) and the comic sketch Der Fiaker als Graf (1925)1929–19321 July 1933Dresden, Semperoper
80Die schweigsame Fraukomische Oper3 actsStefan Zweig, after Ben Jonson's Epicœne, or The silent woman1933–193424 June 1935Dresden, Semperoper
81FriedenstagOper1 actJoseph Gregor1935–193624 July 1938Munich, Bayerische Staatsoper, Nationaltheater
82Daphnebukolische Tragödie1 actJoseph Gregor1936–193715 October 1938Dresden, Semperoper
83Die Liebe der Danaeheitere Mythologie3 actsJoseph Gregor1938–194014 August 1952Salzburg, Kleines Festspielhaus
85CapriccioKonversationsstück für Musik1 actClemens Krauss and the composer, after Giovanni Battista Casti1940–194128 October 1942Munich, Bayerische Staatsoper, Nationaltheater
 Des Esels Schatten
(orchestrated and completed by Karl Haussner)
Komödie6 scenesHans Adler, after Wieland's novel Die Geschichte der Abderiten1947–19497 June 1964Ettal

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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