num_pages: 320
description: One of the composer's most highly regarded operas, with a libretto by Hugo von Hoffmansthal that artfully intermingles backstage comedy, the lofty emotions of Greek mythology and the merry pranks of a troupe of commedia dell’arte players. Strauss endowed these antic proceedings with a luminous score that combines music of great satiric wit with breathtaking flights of lyricism. Reprinted from the definitive full-score edition published by Adolph Furstner following the opera's 1916 premiere at the Vienna State Opera.
language: English
title: Ariadne auf Naxos in Full Score
titlecomplete: Ariadne auf Naxos in Full Score (Dover Opera Scores)
ratings_count: 28
publisher: Dover Publications