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Richard Strauss's opera Elektra receives its debut performance at the Dresden State Opera.
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Richard Strauss
German composer and conductor (1864–1949)
Richard Georg Strauss was a German composer and conductor best known for his tone poems and operas. Considered a leading composer of the late Romantic and early modern eras, he has been described as a successor of Richard Wagner and Franz Liszt. Along with Gustav Mahler, he…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Elektra (opera)
1909 opera by Richard Strauss
Elektra, Op. 58, is a one-act opera by Richard Strauss, to a German-language libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal, which he adapted from his 1903 drama Elektra. The opera was the first of many collaborations between Strauss and Hofmannsthal. It was first performed at the…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Semperoper
Opera house and concert hall in Dresden, Germany
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