The Metropolitan Opera: Capriccio 13 years old

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.

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The Metropolitan Opera: Capriccio Cast

Name	Character
Renée Fleming She was 52, now 65 years old	as The Countess
Joseph Kaiser He was 33, now 47 years old	as Flamand
Sarah Connolly She was 47, now 61 years old	as Clairon

The Metropolitan Opera: Capriccio Crew

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