Direct from the Royal Albert Hall, London

An opera in two acts
Libretto by Clemens Krauss (sung in German)
A concert performance of the Glyndebourne Festival Opera production

In 1939 Strauss wrote to Clemens Krauss, 'I do not really want to write another opera, but would like to write something quite unusual, a dramatic discussion, a theatrical fugue (good old Verdi couldn't resist writing one at the end of Falstaff) - they are entertaining for old men!'
London Philharmonic Orchestra, leader Rodney Friend, conducted by John Pritchard

Act 1

8.30* 'First the Words.... ?'
Elisabeth Soderstrohm talks to Andrew Porter about the Countess's dilemma in Capriccio, and her own love for opera as a compromise between words and music.

8.50* Proms 73: Capriccio, Act 2