The Metropolitan Opera: Capriccio (2011)
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.
Directors: Gary Halvorson, John Cox.
http://www.metopera.org/Season/On-Demand/opera/?upc=811357014523
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Renée Fleming as The Countess |
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Sarah Connolly as Clairon |
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Joseph Kaiser as Flamand |
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Morten Frank Larsen as Count |
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Russell Braun as Olivier |
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Peter Rose as La Roche |
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MET Orchestra as |
| Art | Mauro Pagano | Set Designer |
| Directing | Gary Halvorson | Director |
| Writing | Richard Strauss | Writer |
| Art | Robert Perdziola | Interior Designer |
| Sound | Andrew Davis | Conductor |
| Directing | John Cox | Director |
| Lighting | Duane Schuler | Lighting Director |
| Writing | Clemens Krauss | Writer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Robert Perdziola | Costume Designer |
| Directing | Peter McClintock | Stage Director |
| Production | Peter Gelb | Executive Producer |
| Crew | Val Caniparoli | Choreographer |