[Met Performance] CID:330324
Metropolitan Opera Premiere
Capriccio {1} Metropolitan Opera House: 01/09/1998.

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


Metropolitan Opera House
January 9, 1998
Metropolitan Opera Premiere


CAPRICCIO {1}
Richard Strauss--Richard Strauss/Clemens Krauss

Countess................Kiri Te Kanawa
Clairon.................Kathryn Harries
Flamand.................David Kuebler
Monsieur Taupe..........Bernard Fitch
Count...................Kim Josephson
Olivier.................Simon Keenlyside
La Roche................Jan-Hendrik Rootering
Major Domo..............François Loup
Italian Singer..........Susan Patterson [Debut]
Italian Singer..........Bonaventura Bottone [Debut]
Servants: Ronald Naldi, Peter Van Derick, Tony Stevenson, Hector Vásquez, Philip Cokorinos, Charles Reid [Debut], Dennis Petersen, Kamel Boutros
Musicians: Raymond Gniewek [Stage Debut], Rafael Figueroa [Stage Debut], John Beeson [Debut]
Dancers: Annemarie Lucania, Peter Di Bonaventura

Conductor...............Andrew Davis

Production..............John Cox
Set designer............Mauro Pagano
Costume designer........Martin Battersby
Lighting designer.......Duane Schuler
Choreographer...........Val Caniparoli [Debut]

Capriccio received six performances this season.

Kiri Te Kanawa's costumes by Peter J. Hall

Production a gift of Bill Rollnick and Nancy Ellison Rollnick

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."


Added Index Entries for Subjects and Names

Subjects:
• 1997-98
• Capriccio: Conductor [Davis, Andrew]
• Capriccio: Countess [Te Kanawa, Kiri]
• Capriccio: Clairon [Harries, Kathryn]
• Capriccio: Flamand [Kuebler, David]
• Capriccio: Taupe [Fitch, Bernard]
• Capriccio: Count [Josephson, Kim]
• Capriccio: Olivier [Keenlyside, Simon]
• Capriccio: La Roche [Rootering, Jan-Hendrik]
• Capriccio: Majordomo [Loup, François]
• Capriccio: Dance [Lucania, Annemarie]
• Capriccio: Dance [Di Bonaventura, Peter]
• Capriccio: Italian Singer [Patterson, Susan]
• Capriccio: Italian Singer [Bottone, Bonaventura]
• Capriccio: Servant [Naldi, Ronald]
• Capriccio: Servant [Van Derick, Peter]
• Capriccio: Servant [Stevenson, Tony]
• Capriccio: Servant [Vásquez, Hector]
• Capriccio: Servant [Cokorinos, Philip]
• Capriccio: Servant [Reid, Charles]
• Capriccio: Servant [Petersen, Dennis]
• Capriccio: Servant [Boutros, Kamel]
• Capriccio: Musician [Gniewek, Raymond]
• Capriccio: Musician [Figueroa, Rafael]
• Capriccio: Musician [Beeson, John]
• Capriccio: Production [Cox, John]
• Capriccio: Choreographer [Caniparoli, Val]
• Capriccio: Set Designer [Pagano, Mauro]
• Capriccio: Costume Designer [Battersby, Martin]
• Capriccio: Lighting Designer [Schuler, Duane]
• 1997-98: Capriccio: Production gift: Bill Rollnick and Nancy Ellison Rollnick
• Rollnick, Bill and Nancy Ellison: 1997-98: Production gift: Capriccio
• 1997-98: Capriccio: 6 performances: Met Premiere: New Production: John Cox//Mauro Pagano/Martin Battersby: Statistics
Met Careers
• Battersby, Martin [Costume Designer]
• Beeson, John [Piano]
• Bottone, Bonaventura [Tenor]
• Boutros, Kamel [Baritone]
• Caniparoli, Val [Choreographer]
• Cokorinos, Philip [Bass]
• Cox, John [Production]
• Davis, Andrew [Conductor]
• Di Bonaventura, Peter [Dancer]
• Figueroa, Rafael [Cello]
• Fitch, Bernard [Tenor]
• Gniewek, Raymond [Violin]
• Harries, Kathryn [Soprano]
• Josephson, Kim [Baritone]
• Keenlyside, Simon [Baritone]
• Kuebler, David [Tenor]
• Loup, François [Bass]
• Lucania, Annemarie [Dancer]
• Naldi, Ronald [Tenor]
• Pagano, Mauro [Set Designer]
• Patterson, Susan [Soprano]
• Petersen, Dennis [Tenor]
• Reid, Charles [Tenor]
• Rootering, Jan-Hendrik [Bass]
• Schuler, Duane [Lighting Designer]
• Stevenson, Tony [Tenor]
• Strauss, Richard [Composer]
• Te Kanawa, Kiri [Soprano]
• Van Derick, Peter [Baritone]
• Vásquez, Hector [Baritone]