Richard Strauss - Daphne - gorgeous scene for alto voice from ja re ja instrumental Watch Video
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Description: Here's some great music from the opera 'Daphne' by Richard Strauss (1864-1949). Not the famous and marvellous instrumental 'Mondlichtmusik' at the end of the work -depicting Daphne's transforming into a tree- but another scene, early in the opera, between Daphne and her mother Gaea. It's gorgeous music, especially for the alto voice, and some of the best music I've heard of Richard Strauss. Also included here are (soprano) Daphne's lines 'Bin ich dann näher den Bäumen und Blumen? Bin, was sie
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