{"product_id":"strauss-ariadne-auf-naxos-1","title":"Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos","description":"\u003cb\u003eThis Blu-ray Disc is only playable on Blu-ray Disc players and not compatible with standard DVD players.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003ca class=\"links\" href=\"album.jsp?album_id=1463013\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlso available on standard DVD\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Director Katharina Thoma sets Richard Strauss’ comedy in a country house in the South Downs (a surrogate for Glyndebourne), immediately before and during the Second World War. Hofmannsthals’ conceit—that a hapless young composer has to accept the simultaneous performance of his new tragic opera with a burlesque from a commedia dell’arte troupe—is turned into a touching wartime drama of nurses, invalids and airmen, and of painful delusions and soul searching, before final happiness. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e  ACCLAIM \u003cbr\u003e  “Everything fits superbly and the production captures the fragility of happiness and the undertow of melancholy better than any I can remember. The mellow glow of the LPO under Vladimir Jurowski’s sensitive baton complements the vision perfectly, while a fine cast enhances the pleasure. Soile Isokoski is superb as Ariadne…” – The Evening Standard \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e  “Conductor Vladimir Jurowski ends his 13-year reign as music director by drawing sumptuous Straussian playing from the London Philharmonic Orchestra. In 40 years of watching Ariadne, the opera has never moved me more.” – The Daily Mail\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e  Richard Strauss\u003cbr\u003e  ARIADNE AUF NAXOS\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e  Ariadne \/ Prima Donna - Soile Isokoski\u003cbr\u003e  Zerbinetta - Laura Claycomb\u003cbr\u003e  Bacchus \/ Tenor - Sergey Skorokhodov\u003cbr\u003e  Music Master - Thomas Allen\u003cbr\u003e  Composer - Kate Lindsey \u003cbr\u003e  London Philharmonic Orchestra\u003cbr\u003e  Vladimir Jurowski, conductor\u003cbr\u003e  Katharina Thoma, stage director\u003cbr\u003e  Julia Müer, set designer\u003cbr\u003e  Irina Bartels, costume designer\u003cbr\u003e  Olaf Winter, lighting designer\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e  Recorded live at the Glyndebourne Festival Opera, Lewes, March 2013 \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e  Bonus:\u003cbr\u003e  - When Two Worlds Collide\u003cbr\u003e  - Thomas Allen at Glyndebourne\u003cbr\u003e  - Vladimir Jurowski on his final production as Music Director\u003cbr\u003e  - Cast gallery \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e  Picture format: 1080i High Definition\u003cbr\u003e  Sound format: LPCM 2. 0 \/ DTS 5.1\u003cbr\u003e  Region code: 0 (worldwide)\u003cbr\u003e  Subtitles: English, French, German, Korean\u003cbr\u003e  Running time: 121 mins (opera) + 21 mins (bonus)\u003cbr\u003e  No. of Discs: 1 (blu-ray)\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Opus Arte","offers":[{"title":"Blu-Ray","offer_id":49607840497944,"sku":"809478071457","price":32.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0687\/4346\/3192\/files\/2591654.jpg?v=1777683197","url":"https:\/\/hbdirect.com\/products\/strauss-ariadne-auf-naxos-1","provider":"HBDirect","version":"1.0","type":"link"}