Movie Description

The Metropolitan Opera: Capriccio

(2011)

Overview

Renée Fleming is Countess Madeleine, the beautiful, enigmatic woman at the center of Strauss’s sophisticated “Conversation Piece for Music.” She is being courted by two men: Joseph Kaiser sings the composer, Flamand, and Russell Braun is Olivier, the poet. The stellar cast also includes Peter Rose as the theater director La Roche, Sarah Connolly as the actress Clairon, and Morten Frank Larsen as the Countess’s brother. John Cox’s elegant production places the action in the 1920s. Andrew Davis conducts.

Cast

Facts

Original TitleThe Metropolitan Opera: Capriccio

Status Released

Release Information

  • 2011-04-23

Original LanguageUnknown

Runtime 02h 29m

Homepagehttp://www.metopera.org/Season/On-Demand/opera/?upc=811357014523

Production CompaniesDecca,The Metropolitan Opera

Genres

  • Music