Richard Georg Strauss

Born: Munich, Kingdom of Bavaria, 11 Jun. 1864

Died: Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, 8 Sep. 1949

Operas

The dates and locations are those of the premieres; when there was a substantial delay between composition and performance, the year of completion is also given. Revisions are listed separately.

Guntram, op. 25 (10.5.1894 Weimar Hoftheater)
Feuersnot, op. 50 (21.11.1901 Dresden Hofoper)
Salome, op. 54 (9.12.1905 Dresden Hofoper)
Elektra, op. 58 (25.1.1909 Dresden Hofoper)
Der Rosenkavalier, op. 59 (26.1.1911 Dresden Hofoper)
Ariadne auf Naxos, op. 60 (25.10.1912 Stuttgart Hoftheater)
Ariadne auf Naxos, op. 60 [rev] (4.10.1916 Vienna Hofoper)
Die Frau ohne Schatten, op. 65 (10.10.1919 Vienna State Opera)
Intermezzo, op. 72 (4.11.1924 Dresden State Opera)
Die ägyptische Helena, op. 75 (6.6.1928 Dresden State Opera)
Arabella, op. 79 (1.7.1933 Dresden State Opera)
Die ägyptische Helena, op. 75 (14.8.1933 Salzburg Festpielhaus)
Die Schweigsame Frau, op. 80 (24.6.1935 Dresden State Opera)
Friedenstag, op. 81 (24.7.1938 Munich State Opera)
Daphne, op. 82 (15.10.1938 Dresden State Opera)
Guntram, op. 25 [rev] (29.10.1940 Weimar National Theatre)
Die Liebe der Danae, op. 83 (1940; 16.8..1944 Salzburg Festpielhaus [public dress rehearsal]; 14.8.1952 Salzburg Festspielhaus)
Capriccio, op. 85 (28.10.1942 Munich State Opera)

In addition to the operas listed above, Strauss composed several other vocal dramatic works and incidental music, and prepared new versions of others, as follows:

Romeo and Juliet (incidental music) (23.10.1888 Munich National Theatre)
Iphigénie auf Tauris [Gluck] (arranged with additional music) ((?)1889 Weimar Hoftheater)
Enoch Arden, op. 38 (piano melodrama) (1897; ?)
Das Schloss am Meer (piano melodrama) (1899; ?)
Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme, op. 38 (incidental music) (1917; ?)
Die Ruinen von Athen [Beethoven] (incidental music; new version) (20.9.1924 Vienna State Opera)
Idomeneo [Mozart] (new version) (16.4.1931 Vienna State Opera)
An den Baum Daphne (choral epilogue to Daphne) (1943; ?)

Portraits:

Engraving (GIF; 14209)

References:

Richard Strauss: A Critical Commentary on his Life and Works

Related Sites:

Richard Strauss Archive (official)

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23 Sep 2005