The Met — Der Rosenkavalier

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.

Cast

Renée Fleming Princess von Werdenberg Susan Graham Octavian

Kristinn Sigmundsson Baron Ochs auf Lerchenau

Christine Schäfer Sophie Thomas Allen Faninal Plácido Domingo Self - Host Wendy White Annina Stephen Paynter Leopold

Nicholas Crawford Mohammed

Erica Strauss Marianne

Bernard Fitch The Princess's Major-Domo

Ronald Naldi Faninal's Major-Domo

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