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Pietro Mascagni (1863-1 945) and Ruggero Leoncavallo (1857- 1919) were two Italian opera composers who achieved lasting success with only one work each . Both wrote numerous other operas which were quickly forgotten, as well as some songs which are occaisionally...
After the whimsical and light-hearted Ariadne Auf Naxos, Richard Strauss and librettist Hoffmannstahl came up with their strangest and most elaborate operatic project ; Die Frau Ohne Schatten,or the woman without a shadow. This is one of the most difficult...
For his next opera after Der Rosenkavalier, Richard Strauss again chose Hugo von Hoffmannstahl as his librettist, and they came up with a rather droll and unusual concept ; an opera within an opera called Ariadne Auf Naxos (Ariadne on Naxos) ,based loosely...