
Richard Strauss' last stage work is an opera about opera as an art form, depicting the creation of a music drama in a wise and witty way. Which came first the words or the music? That is the question Strauss and his librettist Clemens Krauss address through the story of a Countess torn between a composer and a poet.
Brian Large

Renée Fleming
Die Gräfin

Bo Skovhus
Der Graff
Michael Schade
Flamand

Markus Eiche
Olivier

Kurt Rydl
La Roche

Angelika Kirchschlager
Clairon
Iride Martinez
Eine italienische Sängerin