"June 11, 2014 is the 150th anniversary of the birth of my grandfather, Richard Strauss. Like the rest of our family, I have always had a deep affinity from my grandfather’s music. Arthaus Musik is releasing this special anniversary edition of outstanding opera recordings on DVD. To complete the portrait of the man behind the music, we have made available photographs and documents from our family archive to Arthaus Musik. I believe there is something here for everyone – for both seasoned Strauss connoisseurs, and for the music-lovers discovering this great composer for the first time."
Dr. Christian Strauss

Featuring:
Salome (Teatro alla Scala, Milan, 2007)
Iris Vermillion, Nadja Michael, Falk Struckmann, Peter Bronder /
Daniel Harding / Luc Bondy

Elektra (Wiener Staatsoper, 1989)
Cheryl Studer, Brigitte Fassbaender, Eva Marton, Franz Grundheber,
James King / Claudio Abbado / Harry Kupfer

Der Rosenkavalier (Bayerische Staatsoper, 1979)
Gwyneth Jones, Brigitte Fassbaender, Lucia Popp, Francisco Araiza /
Carlos Kleiber / Otto Schenk

Ariadne auf Naxos (Salzburger Festspiele, 1965)
Sena Jurinac, Hildegard Hillebrecht, Reri Grist, Jess Thomas / Karl Böhm /
Günther Rennert

Die Frau ohne Schatten (Aichi Art Theatre, Nagoya, Japan, 1992)
Peter Seiffert, Luana DeVol, Alan Titus, Janis Martin, Marjana Lipovšek /
Wolfgang Sawallisch / Ennosuke Ichikawa

Die Liebe der Danae (Deutsche Oper Berlin, 2011)
Manuela Uhl, Mark Delavan, Matthias Klink / Andrew Litton / Kirsten Harms

Capriccio (Opéra national de Paris, 2004)
Renée Fleming, Rainer Trost, Gerald Finley, Franz Hawlata, Anne Sofie von Otter /
Ulf Schirmer / Robert Carsen


- Limited DVD Box Set with the 7 greatest operas by Richard Strauss
- Legendary recordings conducted by Karl Böhm, Carlos Kleiber, Claudio Abbado, Wolfgang Sawallisch and others
- Book including texts by the Strauss Family and Brigitte Fassbaender
- Rare photo materials from the family archive
- Serialised Facsimile reproduction