Was bleibt von Ariadne?

Still in Straussian mood, I have just added a review of the Zürich Opernhaus’s production of Ariadne auf Naxos on DVD to the discography on re: opera. Although Claus Guth’s régie has its interesting ides, you can really ask yourself Was bleibt von Ariadne? when you see her in a restaurant drugging herself with sleeping pills and taking pictures with a digital camera from Zerbinetta and her troupe…

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