Richard Strauss: Capriccio
Richard Strauss’s »Capriccio«
A Conversation Piece for Music in One Act, staged by Jens-Daniel Herzog.
About this event
Under the baton of Christian Thielemann, Jens-Daniel Herzog’s production of Richard Strauss’s final opera takes us on a journey through time, visualised by the stage designs of Mathis Neidhardt.
Featuring
Conductor - CHRISTIAN THIELEMANN
Countess Madeleine - CAMILLA NYLUND
The Count, her brother - CHRISTOPH POHL
Flamand, a musician - DANIEL BEHLE
Olivier, a poet - NIKOLAY BORCHEV
La Roche, director of a theatre - GEORG ZEPPENFELD
The Actress Clairon - CHRISTA MAYER
Monsieur Taupe - WOLFGANG ABLINGER-SPERRHACKE
An Italian Soprano - TUULI TAKALA
An Italian Tenor - BEOMJIN KIM
The Major-Domo - TORBEN JÜRGENS
Eight Servants - FRANK BLÜMEL, FRIEDRICH DARGE, ALEXANDER FÖDISCH, TORSTEN SCHÄPAN, NORBERT KLESSE, THOMAS MÜLLER, JUAN CARLOS NAVARRO, JÖRG REISSMANN
MALE VOICES OF THE SÄCHSISCHER STAATSOPERNCHOR
SÄCHSISCHE STAATSKAPELLE DRESDEN
Programme
Concert – approx. 155 minutes
Repertoire
Richard Strauss: Capriccio op. 85 TrV 279
This concert was recorded live in May 2021 at Semperoper, Dresden, Germany.
Subtitles are available in English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Japanese & Korean.
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