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Capriccio at the Lyric slowly finds its voice

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Reviewed at Lyric Opera House, Chicago on 6 October 2014
Strauss R., Capriccio
Lyric Opera of Chicago
Sir Andrew Davis, Conductor
John Cox, Director
Renée Fleming, The Countess
Anne Sofie von Otter, Clairon
Bo Skovhus, The Count
William Burden, Flamand
Audun Iversen, Olivier
Peter Rose, La Roche
Chicago Lyric Opera Orchestra
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