Feuersnot
Music by Richard Strauss · libretto by Ernst von Wolzogen · premiered 1901 · at Semperoper
Feuersnot (Need for (or lack of) fire), Op. 50, is a Singgedicht (sung poem) or opera in one act by Richard Strauss. The German libretto was written by Ernst von Wolzogen, based on J. Ketel's report "Das erloschene Feuer zu Audenaerde". It was Strauss' second opera. Thematically, the opera has been interpreted as a parody of Richard Wagner's idea of "redemption through love", with the character of Kunrad representing Strauss himself. The conceptual framework for the opera stems from the Nietzschean perspective that had inspired Strauss in his tone poems Till Eulenspiegel and Also sprach Zarathustra. Strauss and von Wolzogen shared the view that the source of inspiration was material not transcendental: in Feuersnot it is "redemption through sex" which relights the creative fire.
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About the Composer
Richard Strauss is the composer of record for this opera.
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Other Operas by Richard Strauss
- Arabella
- Daphne
- Elektra (1903)
- Der Rosenkavalier (1911)
- Ariadne auf Naxos (1912)
- Die Frau ohne Schatten (1914)
- Die Liebe der Danae (1920)
- Intermezzo (1924)