Feuersnot, Richard Strauss

About the Event

Richard Strauss' one act opera 'Feuersnot' (The Need for Fire or Fire Famine) will be performed in concert form at the Volksoper Wien this season.

The mayor’'s daughter Diemut has rebuffed Kunrad'’s advances. In revenge, Kunrad puts out all the fires in the city; they can only be relit by a hot‐blooded maiden. Diemut’'s night of passion with Kunrad (masterfully described by the orchestra) brings light back to the city.

Richard Strauss' second musical work for the theatre has already appeared twice at the Volksoper (in 1912 and 1964) and this third production is in concert performance.

Choir Master, Holger Kristen