Richard Strauss Movies

  • 2002
    The Hours

    The Hours

    The Hours

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    "The Hours" is the story of three women searching for more potent, meaningful lives. Each is alive at a different time and place, all are linked by...

    The Hours
  • 1984
    Karajan: Strauss: Death and Transfiguration & Metamorphosen

    Karajan: Strauss: Death and Transfiguration & Metamorphosen

    Karajan: Strauss: Death and Transfiguration & Metamorphosen

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    Karajan: Strauss: Death and Transfiguration & Metamorphosen
  • 1993
    The Art of Conducting: Great Conductors of the Past

    The Art of Conducting: Great Conductors of the Past

    The Art of Conducting: Great Conductors of the Past

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    Documentary about sixteen great conductors of the 20th century.

    The Art of Conducting: Great Conductors of the Past
  • 2017
    The Opera House

    The Opera House

    The Opera House

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    In this documentary, award-winning filmmaker Susan Froemke explores the creation of the Metropolitan Opera’s storied home of the last five...

    The Opera House
  • 2012
    I Do

    I Do

    I Do

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    A gay Brit living in New York is deprived of his immigration status, and risks losing his family and life in the U.S. He marries his lesbian best...

    I Do
  • 1984
    Der Rosenkavalier

    Der Rosenkavalier

    Der Rosenkavalier

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    A production of Strauss' opera 'Der Rosenkavalier' performed at the Saltzburg Festival in 1984. Includes the Vienna State Opera Choir, the...

    Der Rosenkavalier
  • 2007
    Der Rosenkavalier

    Der Rosenkavalier

    Der Rosenkavalier

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    The Semperoper caused a sensation in November 2007 when it visited Japan for the first time in twenty-six years. The demand for tickets and the...

    Der Rosenkavalier
  • 2008
    Salomé

    Salomé

    Salomé

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    Live from the Royal Opera 2008. David McVicar’s powerful 2008 production of Strauss's opera – based on a play by Oscar Wilde –...

    Salomé
  • 2013
    Elektra

    Elektra

    Elektra

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    Last production staged by Patrice Chéreau, this Elektra will remain as the main and most striking lyrical event of these last years in...

    Elektra
  • 1974
    Salome

    Salome

    Salome

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    This filmed version of Strauss' shocker features Teresa Stratas as opera's most depraved teenager, and she's as perfect a Salome as one would ever...

    Salome
  • 1981
    Elektra

    Elektra

    Elektra

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    Strauss's opera adapted to the screen by Gotz Friedrich.

    Elektra
  • 2007
    Arabella

    Arabella

    Arabella

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    Arabella, Op. 79, is a lyric comedy or opera in three acts by Richard Strauss to a German libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal, their sixth and last...

    Arabella
  • 1994
    Arabella

    Arabella

    Arabella

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    Arabella, Op. 79, is a lyric comedy or opera in three acts by Richard Strauss to a German libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal, their sixth and last...

    Arabella
  • 2025
    The Metropolitan Opera: Salome

    The Metropolitan Opera: Salome

    The Metropolitan Opera: Salome

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    Met performances of Strauss’s white-hot one-act tragedy, which receives its first new production at the company in 20 years. Claus Guth, one of...

    The Metropolitan Opera: Salome
  • 1979
    Der Rosenkavalier

    Der Rosenkavalier

    Der Rosenkavalier

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    This performance of Richard Strauss' opera Der Rosenkavalier (1979) features the vocal talents of Gwyneth Jones in the lead role; recorded at the...

    Der Rosenkavalier
  • 1970
    Von Reinhardt bis Karajan - 50 Jahre Salzburger Festspiele

    Von Reinhardt bis Karajan - 50 Jahre Salzburger Festspiele

    Von Reinhardt bis Karajan - 50 Jahre Salzburger Festspiele

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    Von Reinhardt bis Karajan - 50 Jahre Salzburger Festspiele
  • 2013
    Capriccio

    Capriccio

    Capriccio

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    Richard Strauss' last stage work is an opera about opera as an art form, depicting the creation of a music drama in a wise and witty way. Which came...

    Capriccio
  • 1980
    Strauss: Elektra

    Strauss: Elektra

    Strauss: Elektra

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    It's hard to imagine confirmed Straussians not wanting this starry Metropolitan Opera performance of Elektra. Strauss and his librettist, Hugo von...

    Strauss: Elektra
  • 1965
    Ariadne auf Naxos

    Ariadne auf Naxos

    Ariadne auf Naxos

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    Opera by Strauss

    Ariadne auf Naxos
  • 1970
    Dance of the Seven Veils

    Dance of the Seven Veils

    Dance of the Seven Veils

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    Russell’s composer biopics were usually labours of love. This was the opposite: he regarded Strauss’s music as 'bombastic, sham and...

    Dance of the Seven Veils