Strauss, Richard: Intermezzo op. 72 (1919-23) 120'
A domestic comedy with symphonic interludes in two acts
Music Text
Libretto by the composer (G,E,I)
Scoring
Major roles: dramS,lyrT,Bar; minor roles: S,T,2Bar,B small roles: S,Bar,2mimes(boy and girl) 2(II=picc).2(II=corA).2(II=bcl).2-3.2.2.0-timp.perc:cyms/BD/SD/tgl/ 2bells-pft-harp-harm-strings(11.9.5.5.3).
Abbreviations (PDF).
Territory
This work is available from Boosey & Hawkes for all countries except Germany, Italy, Portugal, Danzig, and the former territories of the USSR.
For full details on this stagework, including synopsis and roles, please visit our Opera section.
World Premiere
11/4/1924
Sächsisches Staatstheater Opernhaus, Dresden
Dresden State Opera / Fritz Busch
Recommended Recording
Lucia Popp, Philipp Brammer, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Gabriele Fuchs, Adolf Dallapozza, Klaus Hirte, Gudrun Greindl-Rosner, Martin Finke, Raimund Grumbach, Jörn W Wilsing, Kurt Moll, Elisabeth Woska, Erika Rüggeberg, Erika Rüggeberg, Karin Hautermann, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Wolfgang Sawallisch
EMI CDS7493372
A domestic comedy with symphonic interludes in two acts
Music Text
Libretto by the composer (G,E,I)
Scoring
Major roles: dramS,lyrT,Bar; minor roles: S,T,2Bar,B small roles: S,Bar,2mimes(boy and girl) 2(II=picc).2(II=corA).2(II=bcl).2-3.2.2.0-timp.perc:cyms/BD/SD/tgl/ 2bells-pft-harp-harm-strings(11.9.5.5.3).
Abbreviations (PDF).
Territory
This work is available from Boosey & Hawkes for all countries except Germany, Italy, Portugal, Danzig, and the former territories of the USSR.
For full details on this stagework, including synopsis and roles, please visit our Opera section.
World Premiere
11/4/1924
Sächsisches Staatstheater Opernhaus, Dresden
Dresden State Opera / Fritz Busch
Recommended Recording
Lucia Popp, Philipp Brammer, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Gabriele Fuchs, Adolf Dallapozza, Klaus Hirte, Gudrun Greindl-Rosner, Martin Finke, Raimund Grumbach, Jörn W Wilsing, Kurt Moll, Elisabeth Woska, Erika Rüggeberg, Erika Rüggeberg, Karin Hautermann, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Wolfgang Sawallisch
EMI CDS7493372
Click here to purchase this CD set from Amazon
Mailing List
Sign up for news updates and offers via email
SIGN UP
Featured Publication
Britten: War Requiem
Britten's pacifist masterwork, combining war poetry by Wilfred Owen with the Latin Requiem Mass, is included in the Masterworks Library of full scores, ideal for conductors, students and music lovers.
READ MORE