We’re celebrating Richard Strauss’s birthday this month. Strauss was born June 11, 1864. Here, categorized by voice type / Fach, are some hand-selected texts from our database, along with recommended recordings.
SOPRANO
Dramatic soprano
Ariadne auf Naxos: Es gibt ein Reich
IPA Source: https://www.ipasource.com/catalog/product/view/id/1054/category/1234/
Recording: Jessye Norman – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_H9LTixHHug
Lyric Coloratura soprano
Ariadne auf Naxos: Grossmächtige Prinzessin
IPA Source: https://www.ipasource.com/catalog/product/view/id/1059/category/1234/
Recording: Edita Gruberova – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUFnAIWaFZg
Dramatic Coloratura soprano
Die Frau ohne Schatten: Wehe, mein Mann!
IPA Source: https://www.ipasource.com/catalog/product/view/id/1060/category/1234/
Recording: Eleanor Steber – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSCo0ByQooU
Jugendlich-dramatischer Soprano
Elektra: Ich kann nicht sitzen
IPA Source: https://www.ipasource.com/catalog/product/view/id/1061/category/1234/
Recording: Deborah Voigt – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXzxaTlyjj4
MEZZO-SOPRANO
Ariadne auf Naxos: Sein wir wieder gut
IPA Source: https://www.ipasource.com/catalog/product/view/id/1056/category/1234/
Recording: Susan Graham – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsJp1_VWB20
Der Rosenkavalier: Wie Du warst
IPA Source: https://www.ipasource.com/catalog/product/view/id/1058/category/1234/
Recording: Brigitte Fassbaender – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRiAXLv16OE
TENOR
Der Rosenkavalier: Di rigori armato (Italian Tenor Aria)
IPA Source: https://www.ipasource.com/catalog/product/view/id/1057/category/1234/
Recording: Giuseppe Di Stefano – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7r59UdURyks
BARITONE
Lyric baritone
Ariadne auf Naxos: Lieben, Hassen, Hoffen, Zagen
IPA Source: https://www.ipasource.com/catalog/product/view/id/1055/category/1234/
Recording: Walter Berry – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Uy4qRzCvY0
The image of Richard Strauss is by Max Liebermann [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
Interested in The Fach System? Check out our blog series here.