Limitless Fantasy
Franz Conducts
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21-Jul-2026
R. STRAUSS Salomeโs Dance from ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ
R. STRAUSS Symphonic Fantasy on ๐๐ช๐ฆ ๐๐ณ๐ข๐ถ ๐ฐ๐ฉ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ
Franz Welser-Mรถst and the Orchestra explore the boundless theatrical imagination of Richard Strauss through excerpts from two treasured operas. These sumptuous scores capture different extremes of the brilliant composer: the flagrantly seductive in ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ and the transcendently philosophical in ๐๐ช๐ฆ ๐๐ณ๐ข๐ถ ๐ฐ๐ฉ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ.
Surrounded by his favorite paintings at Viennaโs Leopold Museum, Welser-Mรถst considers the private encounter between artwork and viewer โ just as a painting reveals different forms to different eyes, โa performance is very much determined by the audience.โ He recalls the thrill of his own first experience seeing ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ, and marvels at Straussโs ability to elevate humanity through music.
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