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Strauss’ Capriccio with Renée Fleming Noseda conducts Brahms’ First


  • John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Concert Hall 2700 F Street Northwest Washington, DC, 20566 United States (map)

Performances: Oct 17-19

Superstar soprano Renée Fleming dazzles audiences with music from one of her most celebrated roles: the elegant, enigmatic Countess Madeleine in Strauss’ Capriccio. Noseda conducts Capriccio’s Introduction and dreamy Moonlight Music, before Fleming takes the stage to sing the glorious, wistful Final Scene. Then, revel in Brahms’ lush First Symphony—a masterpiece the perfectionist composer toiled at for 21 years in the wake of Beethoven’s inescapable legacy