The Fish Listens to Strauss

Strauss' last opera, "Cappriccio",  is quite a delightful work!  
It poses the question: Which is more important?  The words or the music?  
Are they important as separate entities, or do they enhance each other?

As a composer, I lean toward the side of music, 
but there are times when pure rhetoric and inspired speechcraft will reach the heart 
like no other medium. 

There are two DVD editions of this opera available.  One with Kiri Te Kanawa, and the other with Renee Fleming.   Whichever you choose,  listen to more than just the music (which is lush and beautiful in itself), and decide for yourself the answer to the question.  Maybe you will decide that it is too "trivial" to answer.