Richard Strauss' last stage work is an opera about opera as an art form, depicting the creation of a music drama in a wise and witty way. Which came first the words or the music? That is the question Strauss and his librettist Clemens Krauss address through the story of a Countess torn between a composer and a poet.

Cast

Renée Fleming

Die Gräfin

Bo Skovhus

Der Graff

Kurt Rydl

La Roche

Angelika Kirchschlager

Clairon