Soprano Pauline Maria de Ahna married Richard Strauss on September 10, 1894, in Marquartstein. Many of Strauss’s songs were written for her, and their married life inspired his opera Intermezzo, which drew on an actual incident in their family life.
Soprano Pauline Maria de Ahna married Richard Strauss on September 10, 1894, in Marquartstein. Many of Strauss’s songs were written for her, and their married life inspired his opera Intermezzo, which drew on an actual incident in their family life.
