REPRINT SERIES Richard Strauss’s Arabella, Op. 79, is a lyric comedy in three acts composed between 1930 and 1932 to a libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal. It was first performed at the Dresden State Opera on 1 July 1933 under Clemens Krauss...

REPRINT SERIES  Capriccio is Strauss’s final stage work (composed 1940–41), described by the composer as “a conversation piece for music.” The libretto was prepared with Clemens Krauss (and with input from Strauss) and the...