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Der Rosenkavalier, comic opera in three acts by German composer Richard Strauss (German libretto by Austrian dramatist Hugo von Hofmannsthal) that premiered at the Dresden Royal Opera House on January 26, 1911.
Synopsis. Time is passing for the Marschallin, and her passionate affair with the young Count Octavian Rofrano makes her feel it more than ever. She is not the young girl she remembers, but she also does not know how to continue on as this older woman.
Sep 15, 2020 · Synopsis: The Marschallin wants to play a trick on Octavian and has him fetch a medallion with his face. She shows it to Ochs and suggests him Count Rofrano, as the Rosenkavalier. Ochs recognizes the stupendous resemblance to Mariandl and is delighted with the noble gentleman.
Apr 15, 2023 · Overview. A dream cast assembles for Strauss’s grand Viennese comedy. Soprano Lise Davidsen is the aging Marschallin, opposite mezzo-soprano Samantha Hankey as her lover Octavian and soprano Erin Morley as Sophie, the beautiful younger woman who steals his heart. Bass Günther Groissböck returns as the churlish Baron Ochs, and Brian ...
Reassuring the nervous Sophie, the Marschallin, true to her vow to give up Octavian gracefully when the time comes, withdraws and leaves them together. Read the synopsis of the German opera Der Rosenkavalier by Richard Strauss on Opera-Arias.com. With links to other information and other operas.
Jan 26, 2018 · Short Plot Summary. The Marschallin and Octavian are enjoying a morning of lovemaking when suddenly her cousin the Baron Ochs storms into her room. Octavian hides and disguises himself as a servant, Mariandel.
Dec 21, 2016 · Summary. The action takes place in Vienna, during the second half of the 18th century. As the Marschallin awakes from a night of passion with her young lover Octavian, her country cousin, Baron Ochs, barges in to announce his engagement to a young woman, Sophie. He needs, according to tradition, a knight to present a silver rose to his beloved.
