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Capriccio is the title of Richard Strauss's final opera, completed in 1942. This work is described as a "conversation piece" that explores the relative importance of words versus music in opera. The opera features a poet and a composer as rivals for the affection of a widowed countess, who is given one of Strauss's most rewarding roles for a female voice.12

Richard Strauss was a prominent German composer of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, known for his symphonic poems and operas. While Capriccio is an opera, Strauss also composed numerous other works, including symphonic poems like Don Juan and Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks, and operas such as Salome and Der Rosenkavalier. He also wrote concertos, including two for the French horn.23

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