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Richard Strauss: Capriccio - Semperoper Dresden

2021 · 145 min

A stately, talky evening of gorgeous music and genteel debate, rewarding patient listeners with wit and warmth rather than drama.

Overview: Capriccio is the final opera by Richard Strauss, completed in 1942, and is subtitled "A Conversation Piece for Music." The opera explores the debate between the importance of words and music through the story of Countess Madeleine, who is courted by a poet and a composer, ultimately leaving the question of which art form is superior unresolved.
How it feels: Romantic, earnest, light and melancholic. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Art, love, identity, class
Content: Mild sexual content. No violence, gore or swearing.
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Tone: romanticstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
lightstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: art
love
identity
class
Places: single country house
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: musical
single location
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence none
Sex mild