Le niveau d’excellence du plateau vocal force l’admiration et appelle les hourras!

No contest

A little bit of magic: Soprano Miah Persson in Richard Strauss's opera

It was Music which ‘won’ in the end

Many musical rewards in Capriccio at Garsington

Strauss’s last opera is a ‘whim whim’ for Wormsley festival

A little bit of magic: Miah Persson in Richard Strauss's Capriccio at Garsington

Miah Persson excels in Capriccio

Mozart’s forces of darkness and light fight it out alongside voluptuous Strauss on the lawns at Garsington

Music and words in operatic struggle

Garsington makes as good a case as you can for Strauss's frothy Capriccio

A rare production of Strauss's final opera and a sophisticated summer treat

Garsington gives stimulating performance of Strauss’s Capriccio

Makes a profound impression

Ingeniously controlled chaos

On occasion things are a little too serious, but overall Richard Strauss’s ensemble piece plays out with nuance and verve

A gentle, sympathetic Capriccio at Garsington

The poignancy of triviality

Miah Persson’s beautifully judged Countess is discreet without a hint of sphinx-like remoteness

A sweet and beautiful confection