Renée Fleming is Countess Madeleine, the beautiful, enigmatic woman at the center of Strauss’s sophisticated “Conversation Piece for Music.” She is being courted by two men: Joseph Kaiser sings the composer, Flamand, and Russell Braun is Olivier, the poet. The stellar cast also includes Peter Rose as the theater director La Roche, Sarah Connolly as the actress Clairon, and Morten Frank Larsen as the Countess’s brother. John Cox’s elegant production places the action in the 1920s. Andrew Davis conducts.
Richard Strauss
Writer
Clemens Krauss
Writer
John Cox
Director
Gary Halvorson
Director
Renée Fleming
The Countess
Sarah Connolly
Clairon
Joseph Kaiser
Flamand
Morten Frank Larsen
Count
Russell Braun
Olivier
Peter Rose
La Roche
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