Originally titled Die Frau ohne Schatten, "The Woman without a Shadow," is an opera in three acts by Richard Strauss with a libretto by the poet Hugo von Hofmannsthal " Strauss' long-time collaborator. It is believed to have been written between 1911 and 1917. It first premiered in Vienna on October 10, 1919. Back then the critics and audiences were unimpressed and many found problems in Hofmannsthal's libretto which…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 03:32PM on October 13, 2018