Capriccio is the final opera by Richard Strauss, completed in 1942, and is subtitled "A Conversation Piece for Music." The opera explores the debate between the importance of words and music through the story of Countess Madeleine, who is courted by a poet and a composer, ultimately leaving the question of which art form is superior unresolved.

Genres

Cast

Camilla Nylund

Die Gräfin

Christoph Pohl

Der Graf, ihr Bruder

Daniel Behle

Flamand, ein Musiker

Georg Zeppenfeld

La Roche, der Theaterdirektor

Christa Mayer

Clairon, die Schauspielerin

Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke

Monsieur Taupe

Tuuli Takala

Itaalienische Sängerin

Christian Thielemann

Self - Conductor