Capriccio

from Richard Strauss


Capriccio
Conversation piece for music in one act

Libretto

Clemens Krauss and Richard Strauss

Premiere

28 October 1942, Munich (Nationaltheater)

Cast

COUNTESS (soprano)
COUNT (baritone)
FLAMAND (tenor)
OLIVIER (baritone)
LA ROCHE (bass)
CLAIRON (contralto)
M. TAUPE (tenor)
ITALIAN SINGER ( soprano)
ITALIAN TENOR (tenor)
MAJOR-DOMO (bass)
8 SERVANTS (4 tenor, 4 bass)
BALLET DANCER

Place

A castle near Paris

Time

1775

Composer

Strauss, Richard