Bibliograph

Capriccio, Richard Strauss ; stage director, Peter McClintock ; director, Gary Halvorson ; the Metropolitan Opera

Type

Label

Capriccio, Richard Strauss ; stage director, Peter McClintock ; director, Gary Halvorson ; the Metropolitan Opera

Language

ger

Characteristic

videorecording

Main title

Capriccio

Oclc number

908769176

Responsibility statement

Richard Strauss ; stage director, Peter McClintock ; director, Gary Halvorson ; the Metropolitan Opera

Runtime

149

Series statement

Metropolitan Opera HD live

Summary

The leading Strauss soprano of our time, Renee Fleming stars in one of her most acclaimed stage roles, the countess in Richard Strauss's Capriccio. Capriccio examines the age old debate of what is superior, music or poetry. In the opera this manifests itself through the widowed Countess struggling to decide between two potential lovers, the composer Flamand or poet Olivier. Her indecision reaches its climax in the famously beautiful final scene, one of Strauss's most passionate soliloquies

Technique

live action

Classification