Richard Strauss Festival

"Once upon a time there was a rascal": Richard Strauss used these fairytale-like words to title the prologue to his program music "Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks," introducing the mischievous protagonist on the one hand and establishing the orchestra as narrator on the other. The colorful tone poem "Don Juan" and the symphonic interludes of Strauss's biographically inspired opera "Intermezzo" also thrive on an expressive ensemble. This was just...