Richard Strauss
Richard Georg Strauss was a leading German composer of the late Romantic and early modern eras. He is known for his operas, which include Der Rosenkavalier and Salome; his lieder, especially his Four Last Songs; and his tone poems and other orchestral works, such as Death and Transfiguration, Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks, Also sprach Zarathustra, An Alpine Symphony, and Metamorphosen. Strauss was also a prominent conductor throughout Germany and Austria.
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Films (98)
Ariadne auf Naxos - Salzburger Festspiele 2026
2026 · Music
Richard Strauss: The Woman without a Shadow @ Aix-en-Provence Festival 2026
2026 · Original Music Composer
Béjart, 3 regards 2025
2026 · Music
The Metropolitan Opera: Arabella
2025 · Music
Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier @ Zurich Opera House
2025 · Music
"The Silent Woman" by Richard Strauss @ Berlin State Opera
2025 · Music
SALOME
2025 · Music
The Metropolitan Opera: Salome
2025 · Writer, Music
Salome - Opera Ballet Vlaanderen
2025 · Music
Richard Strauss im Zwielicht
2025
Salome (Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, 2025)
2025 · Original Music Composer
Mikko Franck With Jean-Yves Thibaudet
2024 · Original Music Composer
Asmik Grigorian @ Salzburg Festival 2024
2024 · Original Music Composer
The Metropolitan Opera: Der Rosenkavalier
2023 · Original Music Composer
Arabella
2023 · Writer
Daphne - Berlin Staatsoper
2023 · Music
Mikko Franck with Marie-Nicole Lemieux
2023 · Original Music Composer
Philharmonix "Rock me Amadeus"
2022 · Compositor
Salomé (Opéra de Paris)
2022 · Music
The Silent Woman - Fisher Center at Bard
2022 · Music
The Metropolitan Opera: Ariadne auf Naxos
2022 · Original Music Composer
Richard Strauss: Capriccio - Semperoper Dresden
2021 · Original Music Composer, Writer
Der Rosenkavalier - Bayerische Staatsoper
2021 · Original Music Composer
Elektra - Wiener Staatsoper
2020 · Original Music Composer
Elektra
2020 · Original Music Composer
Der Rosenkavalier - Staatsoper Berlin
2020 · Original Music Composer
Elektra - Wiener Staatsoper
2020 · Original Music Composer
Salome - Wiener Staatsoper
2020 · Original Music Composer, Writer
Strauss: Salome
2018 · Music
Capriccio - Wiener Staatsoper
2018 · Original Music Composer, Writer
Ariane à Naxos
2018 · Opera
The Opera House
2017 · Music
Der Rosenkavalier
2017 · Music
Strauss: Elektra
2016 · Original Music Composer
Strauss: Elektra - Teatro Comunale di Bologna
2015 · Writer
Der Rosenkavalier
2015 · Original Music Composer
Strauss: Elektra
2015 · Music
Ariadne auf Naxos - Wiener Staatsoper
2014 · Music
Strauss - Le Chevalier à la rose
2014 · Original Music Composer
Arabella
2014 · Original Music Composer
Elektra
2013 · Music
Capriccio - Wiener Staatsoper
2013 · Compositor
Pappano e l'Accademia di Santa Cecilia: Puccini-Strauss-Rachmaninoff
2013 · Original Music Composer
Ariadne auf Naxos
2012 · Music
Richard Strauss - Ariadne Auf Naxos
2012 · Original Music Composer
Die Frau ohne Schatten
2011 · Original Music Composer
The Metropolitan Opera: Capriccio
2011 · Writer
Strauss R: Elektra
2010 · Original Music Composer
Elektra
2010 · Original Music Composer
![Der Rosenkavalier [The Metropolitan Opera]](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/sO3k3IPKUfevovWFuOVrwLaHso3.jpg)
Der Rosenkavalier [The Metropolitan Opera]
2010 · Original Music Composer
Strauss R: Der Rosenkavalier
2009 · Original Music Composer
Strauss: Salome
2008 · Original Music Composer
Karajan : Richard Strauss : Tod und Verklarung / Metamorphosen
2008 · Compositor
Karajan: Richard Strauss: Eine Alpensinfonie / Also Sprach Zarathustra
2008 · Compositor
Karajan: Richard Strauss: Don Quixote / Ein Heldenleben
2008 · Composer
Royal Opera House: Salomé
2008 · Original Music Composer
Der Rosenkavalier - Semperoper
2007 · Original Music Composer
Arabella
2007 · Original Music Composer
Rostropovich Life & Art
2007 · Music
A View from Space With Heavenly Music
2006 · Music
Elektra
2005 · Original Music Composer
Fruit Stairs
2005 · Music
Der Rosenkavalier
2004 · Original Music Composer
The Metropolitan Opera: Ariadne auf Naxos
2003 · Original Music Composer
Les heures
2002 · Music
Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier
1998 · Music
Salome
1997 · Original Music Composer
Arabella
1994 · Music
Der Rosenkavalier
1994 · Original Music Composer
Die Frau ohne Schatten
1994 · Music
Elektra
1994 · Original Music Composer
The Art of Conducting: Great Conductors of the Past
1993 · Self (archive footage)
Salomé
1992 · Original Music Composer
Die Frau ohne Schatten
1992 · Original Music Composer
Elektra
1989 · Self - Composer, Original Music Composer
The Power of Speech
1988 · Music
Salome
1988 · Writer
Ariadne auf Naxos - Metropolitan Opera
1988 · Original Music Composer
Dom Juan
1985 · Music
Der Rosenkavalier
1985 · Original Music Composer
Der Rosenkavalier
1984 · Original Music Composer
Karajan: Strauss: Death and Transfiguration & Metamorphosen
1984 · Original Music Composer
Intermezzo - Glyndebourne
1983 · Music
Elektra
1981 · Music
Strauss: Elektra
1980 · Music
Elektra
1980 · Music, Writer
Der Rosenkavalier
1979 · Original Music Composer
Salome
1974 · Original Music Composer
Dynamite Chicken
1971 · Original Music Composer
The Paradise Garden
1970 · Music
Von Reinhardt bis Karajan - 50 Jahre Salzburger Festspiele
1970 · Self (archive footage)
Dance of the Seven Veils
1970 · Music
2001: A Space Odyssey
1968 · Music
Eros, O Basileus
1967 · Music
Ariadne auf Naxos
1965 · Original Music Composer
White Nights
1960 · Music
Botschafter der Musik
1952 · Self
Elektra
· Music
