Richard Strauss (1864-1949)

Capriccio (1940 -1941)


stage work

  • General information
    • Composition date: 1940 - 1941
    • Duration: 2 h 10 mn
    • Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes
    • Opus: op. 85, Trenner 279
    • Libretto (details, author):

      Clemens Krauss.

Detailed formation
  • soloists: soprano [dramatique, rôle majeur] , contralto [dramatique, rôle majeur] , tenor [rôle majeur] , 2 baritones [rôle majeur] , solo bass voice [rôle majeur] , soprano [rôle mineur] , 2 tenors [rôles mineurs] , solo bass voice [rôle mineur]
  • men's choir(4 tenor, 4 solo bass voice), 3 flutes (also piccolo), 2 oboes, English horn, 3 clarinets, basset horn, bass clarinet, 3 bassoons (also contrabassoon), 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, timpani, percussionist, harpsichord, 2 harp, 16 violins, 16 second violins, 10 violas, 10 cellos, 6 double basses

Premiere information

  • Date: 28 October 1942
    Location:

    Allemagne, Munich, le Bayerische Staatsoper.