London Sadler’s Wells Theatre – Ariadne On Naxos – 1961 Opera

Date 14/02/1961

London Sadler's Wells Theatre – Ariadne On Naxos – 1961 Opera

An original programme for Ariadne On Naxos at Sadler’s Wells Theatre, London, dated 14 February 1961, with a used entrance ticket (please see the pictures for the cast).

Richard Strauss’s witty opera, with a libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal, sets a tragic opera about the abandoned Ariadne alongside a troupe of comedians, with both forced to perform at once.

Sung in English as was the Sadler’s Wells tradition, this is a fine piece of opera and theatre memorabilia.

The Cast – see pics.

Did you know?

• Ariadne auf Naxos was first performed in 1912 as an epilogue to Molière’s Le Bourgeois gentilhomme, then revised by Strauss in 1916 with a new Prologue.
• The coloratura aria for Zerbinetta, Großmächtige Prinzessin, is one of the hardest in the soprano repertoire.

SKU: T02245