Ep. 176: Die Frau ohne Schatten Talking About Opera
\u201cDie Frosch\u201d is the German word for \u201cThe Frog.\u201d While Strauss may have playfully given this unfavorable nickname to Die Frau Ohne Schatten due to the many difficulties in staging the opera, he also regarded it as one of his greatest achievements, saying \u201cit has succeeded nevertheless and has made a deep impression ... and music lovers, in particular, consider it to be my most important work.\u201d On today\u2019s episode of The Metropolitan Opera Guild Podcast, pianist Brian Zeger takes a closer look at this staple of the operatic repertoire.