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by graycat 3481 days ago
> Richard Strauss was a genius, following in the footsteps and improving on Wagner.

Yup.

For some more good Richard Strauss, there is

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuS337uc-4Y

with the scene of the presentation of the rose from his opera Der Rosenkavalier (rose carrier) where the two women are Anne Sophie von Otter (Octavian) and Barbara Bonney (Sophie). So, in the story Octavian is dressed as a man and is delivering the rose to Sophie, the one dressed as a woman. Super nice singing by the female voices with a super nice duet. Bonney is cute as a kitten.