Ariadne auf Naxos

finnbogi · Post by **finnbogi** » Mon Aug 20, 2007 7:33 pm

The local opera company will perform Ariadne auf Naxos this autumn (the 1916 revision, not the original - or so I gather), so I was looking forward to playing a bit of Strauss.
Sadly (for me, anyway), a brief online search indicates that the opera has no tuba part. Is this correct?

pierre · Post by **pierre** » Mon Aug 20, 2007 7:45 pm

Sadly, yes, There is just the one trombone part.

finnbogi · Post by **finnbogi** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 7:16 am

Well, I guess it could be worse.
They could be doing a Johann Strauss operetta that has a tuba part.

Alex C · Post by **Alex C** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 10:36 am

Anybody actually heard Ariadne auf Naxos?

!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank your preferred diety that there is no part and you aren't playing. I know a man who was forced to play on this opera and confessed to fifty crimes before the end of the run, just to avoid listening to the final performance.

One droll critic characterized Strauss as "the child genius who grew up to become a talent." I dont know that I would agree but Ariadne gives credence to this statement.

By the way, I left before the intermission. I'm sure there's somebody who likes it though.

finnbogi · Post by **finnbogi** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 11:10 am

I really like Strauss (Rosenkavalier is my favourite opera), so I will definitely see Ariadne, since I won't be playing. I haven't got a recording of the opera but I have heard it at least twice on the radio.

Alex C · Post by **Alex C** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 10:03 pm

Please give us your opinion if the performance does not send you to the looney bin. As a hint, it has a lot more in common with Solome than Rosenkavalier.

Alex C · Post by **Alex C** » Wed Aug 22, 2007 8:52 pm

I once ate three oranges but was not in love at the time.

Back on topic: if I had listened to Ariadne auf Naxos after eating three oranges, I would have thrown up.