Renée Fleming

This all-Strauss program of vocal splendor and orchestral thrills will leave you breathless. The tone poem Also sprach Zarathustra will be familiar to most for its opening “Sunrise,” the iconic passage used in the film 2001: A Space Odyssey—but that’s only one episode in a mysterious and marvelous work. From later in his career is Capriccio, his final opera, which opens with a passionate string sextet instead of a traditional overture and culminates in a rapturous monologue that ranks as one of Strauss’s finest soprano showpieces. Performers Boston Symphony Orchestra Andris Nelsons, Music Director and Conductor Renée Fleming, Soprano Program ALL-R. STRAUSS PROGRAM Sextet, Moonlight Music, and Final Scene from Capriccio Also sprach Zarathustra Tickets on sale: August 6 at 8 AM for subscribers and members August 20 at 8 AM for the general public