Maniura, Peter, Braun, Victor, Hagegård, Håkan, Kanawa, Kiri Te, Kuebler, David, Troyanos, Tatiana	...	(Director)
Clemens Krauss, Richard Strauss	...	(Writer)
Kiri Te Kanawa	...	The Countess
Håkan Hagegård	...	The Count
Tatiana Troyanos	...	Clairon, an actress
Victor Braun	...	La Roche, a theatre director
David Kuebler	...	Flamand, a composer
Simon Keenlyside	...	Olivier, a poet
Michel Sénéchal	...	Monsieur Taupe
Dale Travis	...	Major Domo
Maria Fortuna	...	Italian Soprano
Craig Estep	...	Italian Tenor
Shannon Lilly	...	Young Dancers
David Justin	...	Young Dancers
Stephen Guggenheim	...	Servants
Hector Vasquez	...	Servants
James Caputo	...	Servants

Comments: DGE 111

Summary: Richard Strauss's last opera, includes some of the composer's most elegant and sumptuous music. The deftly woven vocal ensembles, detailed orchestral writing and light-handed parodies of eighteenth century music show the hand of the master. Stars Kiri Te Kanawa, Hakan Hagegard, Tatiana Troyanos, and Victor Braun.