Way back in 2008, we started hearing and then talking to RenĂ©e Fleming about the possibility that she would sing "Ariadne" in Strauss' Ariadne Auf Naxos. Last year it was finally confirmed that she would sing the role in Baden Baden, Germany, at the Festspielhaus. My gang and I immediately started saying we wanted to go (at least one of us believes that this is the Greatest Opera Ever Written. &nb…
SOURCE: Adventures in the Endless Pursuit of Entertainment at 12:54AM on February 11, 2012