Richard Strauss - Josephs Legende(2007)

Richard Strauss - Josephs Legende Synopsis

Josephs Legende, Opus 63, is an “opera without words” or “ballet-drama” composed by Richard Strauss (1864-1949) with libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal (1874-1929). The story attempts to reconstruct a particular biblical passage that was given prominence in the Old Testament (Genesis 37-50) centered around the first Joseph’s, parts of the so-called Egyptian episode and the incident in Potiphar’s house (Genesis 37: 36 and 39: 1-23). Although in the biblical story there are no great details about such episode they can be easily imagined, as Strauss and Hofmannsthal did in fact; please refer to Genesis 39: 11-19 for more specifics.

Richard Strauss - Josephs Legende (2007) is a film directed by John Neumeier, released on July 10, 2007 with a runtime of 1h 5m. It stars Judith Jamison, Kevin Haigen, Franz Musil and Heinrich Hollreiser.