Richard Strauss: Capriccio - Semperoper Dresden

Richard Strauss: Capriccio - Semperoper Dresden

★ 7.0IMDb Score
Released:2021-05-08
Genre:Music
Duration:145 min
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Director:Jens Daniel Herzog
Actors:Camilla Nylund, Christoph Pohl, Daniel Behle, Nikolay Borchev, Georg Zeppenfeld
Production:Semperoper Dresden, ARTE

Overview:

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.

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