This is a partial discography of Capriccio, Richard Strauss's opera from 1942. Capriccio: A Conversation Piece for Music is his final opera.

Recordings

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Year Cast
(Countess, Count,
Flamand, Olivier,
La Roche, Clairon)
Conductor,
Opera house and orchestra
Label[1]
1942 Viorica Ursuleac
Karl Schmitt-Walter
Rudolf Schock
Hans Braun
Hans Hotter
Hertha Töpper
Clemens Krauss
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Opera Depot
Cat:
1957–1958 Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
Eberhard Wächter
Nicolai Gedda
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Hans Hotter
Christa Ludwig
Wolfgang Sawallisch
Philharmonia Orchestra
EMI Classics
Cat:
1960 Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
Hermann Uhde
Anton Dermota
Walter Berry
Paul Schöffler
Christel Goltz
Karl Böhm
Vienna State Opera orchestra and chorus
Omega Opera Archive
Cat:
1964 Lisa Della Casa
Robert Kerns
Waldemar Kmentt
Walter Berry
Otto Wiener
Christa Ludwig
Georges Prêtre
Vienna State Opera orchestra and chorus
Omega Opera Archive
Cat:
1971 Gundula Janowitz
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Peter Schreier
Hermann Prey
Karl Ridderbusch
Tatiana Troyanos
Karl Böhm
Bavarian Radio Symphony orchestra
Deutsche Grammophon
Cat:
1983 Gundula Janowitz
Hans Helm
Peter Schreier
Gottfried Hornik
Theo Adam
Christa Ludwig
Heinrich Hollreiser
Vienna State Opera orchestra and chorus
Lyric Distribution
Cat:
1993 Kiri Te Kanawa
Håkan Hagegård
David Kuebler
Simon Keenlyside
Victor Braun
Tatiana Troyanos
Donald Runnicles
San Francisco Opera orchestra and chorus[2]
Kultur Video
Cat: [3]
1994 Kiri Te Kanawa
Håkan Hagegård
Uwe Heilmann
Olaf Bär
Victor von Halem
Brigitte Fassbaender
Ulf Schirmer
Vienna Philharmonic
Decca Records
Cat:
1999 Felicity Lott
Thomas Allen
Gregory Kunde
Stephan Genz
Günter Von Kannen
Iris Vermillion
Georges Prêtre
Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra
Forlane
Cat:
2004 Renée Fleming
Dietrich Henschel
Rainer Trost
Gerald Finley
Franz Hawlata
Anne Sofie von Otter
Ulf Schirmer
Paris Opera orchestra and chorus
TDK
Cat:
2011 Renée Fleming
Morten Frank Larsen
Joseph Kaiser
Russell Braun
Peter Rose
Sarah Connolly
Andrew Davis
Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus
The Met
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References

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  1. ^ Recordings of Capriccio on operadis-opera-discography.org.uk
  2. ^ Capriccio, June 1993, San Francisco Opera Archive. Capriccio (TV 1993), IMDb.
  3. ^ "On-line catalogue entry – Strauss: Capriccio – DVD". Arthaus-Musik Germany. Retrieved 7 December 2010.[dead link]