Feuersnot (The Need for Fire or Fire Famine) 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" in the Oudenaarde Gazette, Leipzig, 1843. Sydney Opera House: one of the worlds most recognisable opera houses and landmarks. ... Richard Strauss Richard Strauss (June 11, 1864 – September 8, 1949) was a German composer of the late Romantic era, particularly noted for his tone poems and operas. ... Ernst von Wolzogen (April 23, 1855 - August 30, 1934 was a cultural critic, a writer and a founder of Cabaret in Germany. ... [] (Sorbian/Lusatian: Lipsk) is the largest city in the Federal State (Bundesland) of Saxony in Germany. ... 1843 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...

It was Strauss' second opera. The premiere was at the Dresden Hofoper on November 21st, 1901. It isn't performed frequently, although the Chelsea Opera Group in the UK occasionally peforms it in concert. Dresden (Sorbian: Drježdźany; etymologically from Old Sorbian Drežďany, meaning people of the riverside forest) is the capital city of the German Federal State of Saxony and situated in a valley on the River Elbe. ... November 21 is the 325th day of the year (326th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1901 (MCMI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ...

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Ernst Edler von Schuch (born 23 November 1846 in Graz, died 10 May 1914 in Dresden) was a German conductor. ... In music, a tenor is a male singer with a high voice (although not as high as the modern countertenor). ... A bass (or basso in Italian) is a male singer who sings in the lowest vocal range of the human voice. ... Look up Soprano in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... A mezzo-soprano (meaning medium soprano in Italian) is a female singer with a range usually extending from the A below middle C to the F an eleventh above middle C. Mezzo-sopranos generally have a darker (or lower) vocal tone than sopranos, and their vocal range is between that... In music, an alto is a singer with a vocal range somewhere between a tenor and a soprano. ... Baritone (French: baryton; German: Bariton; Italian: baritono) is most commonly the type of male voice that lies between bass and tenor. ...

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• 1996, Rudolf Kempe conducting on Orfeo D'or