Name: Closing Concert: Capriccio
Start: 2024-08-25
End: 2024-08-25
Location: Usher Hall

Admin

Edinburgh International Festival

Orchestra

Philharmonia Orchestra

Direction d'orchestre

Andrew Davis

Chanteur

Soprano

Malin Byström

La Comtesse Madeleine

Baryton

Bo Skovhus

Le Comte

Ténor

Sebastian Kohlhepp

Flamand

Joshua Hopkins

Olivier

Basse

Peter Rose

La Roche

Contralto

Sarah Connolly

La Clairon

Emily Birsan

Une Cantatrice italienne

John Irvin

Un Ténor italien

Reinhard Hagen

Le Majordome

allemand

Closing Concert: Capriccio

Édimbourg

Royaume-Uni

Usher Hall

Closing Concert: Capriccio: Capriccio Strauss

Public

Capriccio

Sushant Karmakar

anglais

Valide

Which is the greater, music or poetry? The arts-loving Countess Madeleine struggles to find the answer – and to choose between her two suitors, the tender composer Flamand and the fiery poet Olivier.

Written at the height of the Second World War, Richard Strauss’s final opera Capriccio pays tribute to many of the composer’s operatic predecessors. Notable for its wit and dynamism, highlights include the soulful opening String Sextet and the lyrical closing monologue, in which Countess Madeleine meditates on the inseparability of music and poetry.

World-renowned British conductor and International Festival regular Sir Andrew Davis made his operatic debut with Capriccio. In his 80th birthday year, he returns to this magnificent work with a superb cast led by Malin Byström – a much admired Salome at the 2022 Festival – in the lead role as Countess Madeleine.

English

Closing Concert: Capriccio by Strauss, dim. 25 août 2024, Du (2024/2024), Chef d'orchestre Andrew Davis, Usher Hall, Édimbourg, Royaume-Uni

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