Richard Strauss's Capriccio

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Richard_Strauss's_Capriccio
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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:opera
gptkbp:basedOn gptkb:Prima_la_musica_e_poi_le_parole
work by Antonio Salieri
work by Giovanni Battista Casti
gptkbp:composer gptkb:Richard_Strauss
gptkbp:dedicatedTo gptkb:Clemens_Krauss
gptkbp:duration about 2 hours
gptkbp:firstPerformed gptkb:Bavarian_State_Opera
gptkbp:genre conversation piece
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Richard Strauss's Capriccio
gptkbp:language gptkb:German
gptkbp:librettist gptkb:Clemens_Krauss
gptkbp:mainCharacter gptkb:Olivier
gptkb:Countess_Madeleine
gptkb:Flamand
gptkbp:notableAria Finale monologue of the Countess
gptkbp:notableRecording gptkb:Renée_Fleming_(Decca,_2004)
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (EMI, 1957)
gptkbp:numberOfActs one
gptkbp:opusNumber 85
gptkbp:orchestration large orchestra
gptkbp:premiereDate 28 October 1942
gptkbp:premiereLocation gptkb:Munich_National_Theatre
gptkbp:publisher gptkb:Adolf_Fürstner
gptkbp:setInPeriod late 18th century
gptkbp:setting near Paris
gptkbp:subject debate between poetry and music
gptkbp:theme primacy of words or music in opera
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Munich_State_Opera
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7