Richard Strauss - A Biography: His Life and Places (Documentary)

Richard Strauss: a biography in words and pictures. The places where Strauss worked and the most important people in his life (documentary). 00:00 Intro 00:35 Wunderkind years in Munich 01:51 Meeting with Richard Wagner 03:00 Friendship with von Bülow in Meiningen 04:48 Kapellmeister in Munich 05:29 2nd Kapellmeister in Weimar 06:13 Honorary assignment in Bayreuth 06:58 Not 1st Kapellmeister in Munich 07:54 Career jump in Berlin 10:19 Breakthrough as opera composer with Salome 11:54 Building of the villa in Garmisch 12:17 Strauss doubles with Elektra 13:48 Rosenkavalier: from avant-gardist to nostalgist 16:15 War years 16:49 Director at the Vienna State Opera 18:16 Foundation of the Salzburg Festival 18:43 Strauss in the first Nazi years 20:44 Reconciliation with Munich 21:07 Odyssey in Switzerland 23:25 Death in Garmisch