The Met — Der Rosenkavalier

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The Met — Der Rosenkavalier (2010)

Directed by Barbara Willis Sweete

This production of Strauss’s most sumptuous work by director Nathaniel Merrill and designer Robert O’Hearn is almost as beloved as the opera itself. It perfectly captures the glittering never-land of rococco Vienna the way the Viennese—and the rest of the world—wish it had been, and it’s the ideal setting for an adult comedy of love and errors. Susan Graham is the aristocratic young Octavian, torn between two women: Renée Fleming as the Marschallin, the mature woman who understands that one day Octavian must leave her; and Christine Schäfer as Sophie, the young girl who unexpectedly captures his heart. Kristinn Sigmundsson is the lecherous Baron Ochs who sets the whirling plot in motion, and Edo de Waart conducts.

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Cast

Renée Fleming Princess von Werdenberg Susan Graham Octavian
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Kristinn Sigmundsson Baron Ochs auf Lerchenau Christine Schäfer Sophie Thomas Allen Faninal Plácido Domingo Self - Host Wendy White Annina
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Stephen Paynter Leopold
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Nicholas Crawford Mohammed
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Erica Strauss Marianne Bernard Fitch The Princess's Major-Domo
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Ronald Naldi Faninal's Major-Domo

Crew

Director
Barbara Willis Sweete
Writer
Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Molière
Original Music Composer
Richard Strauss
Producer
Louisa Briccetti, Victoria Warivonchik

Details

Release date
2010-01-09
Original language
DE