Richard’s formal academic schooling ran parallel ... But when he was asked why he did not leave the country, Strauss reportedly replied: ‘Germany had 56 opera houses; the United States had two. It ...

So it is entirely appropriate that, to mark the centenary of Bohm's birth, DG have issued a magnificent box of nine Strauss operas as interpreted by him including four invaluable live performances, ...

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The lush, dramatic and erotic score, awash in its multiple orgasms, builds to a hysterical, disgusting climax in which Salome dementedly kisses the mouth of Jochanaan’s decapitated head. The play was ...