Richard Strauss's Capriccio is an opera within an opera on the unlikely and self-conscious subject of opera itself. In the course of what is essentially a 2½-hour conversation about aesthetics, a poet ...

Renee Fleming has taken her time bringing one of her most celebrated operatic roles, Countess Madeleine in Richard Strauss’ “Capriccio,” to the company for which she serves as creative consultant. But ...

Lyric Opera of Chicago is auditioning highly trained dancers with classical ballet experience, including pointe work, with strong acting experience for its upcoming production of the opera Capriccio ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. In retrospect, it is a shame the Royal Opera has not taken the opportunity of staging for Renée Fleming some of the ...

There are no deaths by consumption, no leaps off a parapet or no betrayals by villainous lovers. Indeed, high drama is all but absent in “Capriccio,” a 1942 opera by Richard Strauss that the composer ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. The stylish Art-Deco production, originally staged by renowned director John Cox, ...

If the term “inner migration” can fairly describe the mind-set of musicians who chose to remain in Germany during World War II, then Richard Strauss took the ultimate trip. Consider Capriccio, his ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. For the heavenly last act of Capriccio, Renée Fleming has been tied up in gigantic silver bows that sparkle in ...

Renée Fleming sings one of her signature roles, the elegant Countess in Richard Strauss’s Capriccio, on Great Performances at the Met Sunday, August 14 at 12 p.m. ET on PBS (check local listings).

Capriccio was Richard Strauss’ last opera. The final curtain. It holds, perhaps, some extra piquancy for that fact, but needs it not. Oh sure, it goes on a bit. Having made its points, it tends to ...

On Saturday, the high-definition broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera will be Richard Strauss' last opera, "Capriccio." The performance will begin at noon at the AMC Town Plaza 5 in Cape Girardeau.