Don Quichotte
The Lyric Opera of Chicago brings Cervantes’ universally beloved dreamer Don Quixote to the operatic stage.
“Richard Strauss’ “Don Quixote” & Beethoven’s ‘Pastoral’ Symphony on the “Evening Concert”
To this day what one derives from a reading of Cervantes "Don Quixote" varies by wide margins. Strauss wrote his 'take' on the original by creating a work for Large Orchestra and Soloists in a Theme and Variations form that 'riffs' on various scenes from the novel.
An all-Richard Strauss program from the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra tonight
"I am Richard Strauss". Those were the words, in English, that Strauss uttered to the American soldiers who came knocking on his door during WWII...out of the encounter came a comission to write a concerto!
Don “Q” Rides Again!
Quixotic quest? Hardly. Host John Frayne brings us an entire program based on Cervantes' Don Quixote.