Richard Strauss knew a thing or two about theory and practice. His Capriccio is a meta-opera: an opera about opera. Sound academic? It is. The work takes some getting used to, but the current Lyric ...

The Shepherd School of Music at Rice University has welcomed, and nurtured, countless talent over the past five decades. Just Thursday, Houston Grand Opera announced the appointment of James Gaffigan, ...

Salzburg’s great music festival is traditionally dedicated to Mozart. For 30 years, thousands of visitors have flocked each summer to the ancient town which sprawls under its towering 11th Century ...

In Spagna c’è un’opera di un famoso artista che in molti ignorano: il “Capriccio” si trova in questa città ed è veramente un incanto. Da Nord a Sud, con la sua cultura, i suoi paesaggi ed il suo ...

Soprano Malin Byström stole the show in Capriccio, programmed as a celebration of EIF partnership with the late Sir Andrew Davis The 2024 Edinburgh international festival, and the residency at the ...

As a final event of the 2024 Edinburgh International Festival the choice of the Richard Strauss opera, Capriccio, uninterrupted for two and a quarter hours seems an odd choice. I am unfamiliar with ...

The ending of “Capriccio” has often been praised; less has been said out loud about how never ending the rest of the opera is. Performed in a concert version, with little to no theatrical movement, it ...

Roma, 16 ott. (Adnkronos) - Le tasse? “non le abbiamo aumentate e abbiamo chiesto a banche e assicurazioni di dare un contributo straordinario di 3.5miliardi di euro per la Sanità. E’ una manovra ...

Richard Strauss’s final opera, a ‘conversation piece’ that charts a leisurely discussion about the merits and demerits of opera itself, might seem to be made for the small screen rather than the vast ...

‘Words and music came together in opera to create something magical.’ Photo: Supplied. ‘A Conversation Piece for Music’, Richard Strauss’ Capriccio invited audiences to step away from reality to muse ...