[Met Performance] CID:330324

Metropolitan Opera Premiere, New Production

Capriccio
Metropolitan Opera House, Fri, January 9, 1998

Debut : Susan Patterson, Bonaventura Bottone, Charles Reid, Raymond Gniewek, Rafael Figueroa, John Beeson, Val Caniparoli




Capriccio (1)
Richard Strauss | Richard Strauss/Clemens Krauss
Countess
Kiri Te Kanawa

Clairon
Kathryn Harries

Flamand
David Kuebler

Taupe
Bernard Fitch

Count
Kim Josephson

Olivier
Simon Keenlyside

La Roche
Jan-Hendrik Rootering

Majordomo
François Loup

Dance
Annemarie Lucania

Dance
Peter Di Bonaventura

Italian Singer
Susan Patterson [Debut]

Italian Singer
Bonaventura Bottone [Debut]

Servant
Ronald Naldi

Servant
Peter Van Derick

Servant
Tony Stevenson

Servant
Hector Vásquez

Servant
Philip Cokorinos

Servant
Charles Reid [Debut]

Servant
Dennis Petersen

Servant
Kamel Boutros

Musician
Raymond Gniewek [Debut] [Stage Debut]

Musician
Rafael Figueroa [Debut] [Stage Debut]

Musician
John Beeson [Debut]


Conductor
Andrew Davis


Production
John Cox

Set Designer
Mauro Pagano

Costume Designer
Martin Battersby

Lighting Designer
Duane Schuler

Choreographer
Val Caniparoli [Debut]

Richard Strauss



Capriccio received six performances this season.
Kiri Te Kanawa's costumes by Peter J. Hall
Every performance of Capriccio this season had a break of approximately thirty minutes between Scenes 7 and 8, following the spoken words: "Wir werden die Schokolade hir im Salon einnehmen."

FUNDING:
Production a gift of Bill Rollnick and Nancy Ellison Rollnick

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