Details

Prima la Musica, Poi le Parole is a comic opera of verve and effervescence in which a musician and a poet argue about the relative importance of their work in the creation of a new opera. This debate is revisited by Richard Strauss two centuries later in his opera Capriccio.

Creatives/Company

Music: Antonio Salieri
Producer: Opera at Home
Director(s): Jose Gandia, Alexia Mankovskaya (artistic director)
Translation: Simon Callow