Hugo von Hofmannsthal

As he makes arrangements for his wedding to the youthful Sophie von Faninal, the crude and condescending Baron Ochs requests that his cousin, the Marschallin, select the person who shall present the customary silver rose to his betrothed. The Marschallin sends her young lover, Octavian, to fulfill the Viennese tradition, and after the famous presentation of the rose to Sophie, the two teenagers fall in love. Determined to discredit the baron and win...

Digital restoration of recordings of 1953 production in Salzburg and the Trio to the end of Act III of the 1936 Premiere in Berlin, both conducted by Clemens Krauss.

A stage production of Strauss' tragic opera, Elektra, performed by Iréne Theorin and cast, accompanied by the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and the Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor.

Strauss's tragic opera of the fall of the house of Agamemnon.

"The original, longer version of the opera was played, but instead of Hofmannsthal's adaptation of Moliere's Le Bourgeois gentilhomme, Bechtolf has devised a fascinating entertainment that incorporates drama, most of Strauss's ... score, and dance"--Container.