"June 11, 2014 is the 150th anniversary of the birth of my grandfather, Richard Strauss. Like the rest of our family, I have always had a deep affinity from my grandfather’s music. Arthaus Musik is releasing this special anniversary edition of outstanding opera recordings on DVD.

To complete the portrait of the man behind the music, we have made available photographs and documents from our family archive to Arthaus Musik. I believe there is something here for everyone – for both seasoned Strauss connoisseurs, and for the music-lovers discovering this great composer for the first time." - Dr Christian Strauss

Contents:
- Salome (Teatro alla Scala, Milan, 2007)
Iris Vermillion, Nadja Michael, Falk Struckmann, Peter Bronder
Daniel Harding

- Elektra (Wiener Staatsoper, 1989)
Cheryl Studer, Brigitte Fassbaender, Eva Marton, Franz Grundheber, James King
Claudio Abbado

- Der Rosenkavalier (Bayerische Staatsoper, 1979)
Gwyneth Jones, Brigitte Fassbaender, Lucia Popp, Francisco Araiza
Carlos Kleiber

- Ariadne auf Naxos (Salzburger Festspiele, 1965)
Sena Jurinac, Hildegard Hillebrecht, Reri Grist, Jess Thomas
Karl Böhm

- Die Frau ohne Schatten (Aichi Art Theatre, Nagoya, Japan, 1992)
Peter Seiffert, Luana DeVol, Alan Titus, Janis Martin, Marjana Lipovšek
Wolfgang Sawallisch

- Die Liebe der Danae (Deutsche Oper Berlin, 2011)
Manuela Uhl, Mark Delavan, Matthias Klink
Andrew Litton

- Capriccio (Opéra national de Paris, 2004)
Renée Fleming, Rainer Trost, Gerald Finley, Franz Hawlata, Anne Sofie von Otter
Ulf Schirmer