The woman without a shadow

Everyone keeps telling me that if I’m going to fall in love with Strauss, it will be at Salome or Rosenkavalier. Of course, I keep ending up at Ariadne and Schweigsame Frau and Frau ohne Schatten instead. The last one (translatable as “the woman without a shadow”) is what I saw for this first time (barring studying a recording) on Saturday. My review is here. (It even includes a plot summary, if you’re wondering about the opera’s strange name.) I’m not in love with Strauss yet, but I was still thoroughly impressed by the singers, conductor, and instrumentalists.