RICHARD STRAUSS Ariadne auf Naxos
The exhilarating soprano Lise Davidsen makes her Live in HD debut in one of her signature roles, the mythological Greek heroine of Strauss’s enchanting masterpiece.
The outstanding cast for this March 12 transmission also features Music Academy alumna mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard as the Composer of the opera-within-an-opera around which the plot revolves, with Music Academy alumna soprano Brenda Rae as the spirited Zerbinetta and tenor Brandon Jovanovich as Ariadne’s lover, the god Bacchus. Marek Janowski conducts.