The Deutsches Nationaltheater und Staatskapelle Weimar, or German National Theater and Weimar State Orchestra, is the most significant arts organization in Weimar. The institution unites the Deutsches
The Main House (Großes Haus) of the Deutsches Nationaltheater
Nationaltheater and Goethe–Schiller Monument (1996)
Richard Strauss
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Richard Georg Strauss was a German composer and conductor known for his tone poems and operas. He was a leading figure of the late Romantic and early Modern era.
Deutsches Nationaltheater und Staatskapelle Weimar
…1895. Lassen conducted several world premieres during his tenure, including the first performance of Camille Saint-Saëns's Samson et Dalila in 1877. Richard Strauss served as second Kapellmeister under Lassen from 1889 to 1894 and led the premieres of his own Guntram and Engelbert Humperdinck's Hänsel und Gretel…
Strauss in 1904
Franz Strauss, father of Richard Strauss
Strauss aged 22
Pauline de Ahna Strauss, c. 1900