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- Set in an idealized Vienna of the past, Strauss’s most popular opera concerns a wise woman of the world who is involved with a much younger lover but ultimately forced to accept the laws of time, giving him up to a pretty young heiress.
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Synopsis: Der Rosenkavalier Select a language to update the synopsis text. Composer. Richard Strauss ... Find The Metropolitan Opera on Facebook (opens new window)
- Der Rosenkavalier, Act 1
- Der Rosenkavalier, Act 2
- Der Rosenkavalier, Act 3
In the bedroom of the Marschallin, Princess Marie Therese von Werdenberg, she and her much younger lover, Octavian, embrace and share their feelings of love. When a young boy, Mohammad, enters the room with the Marschallin's breakfast, Octavio quickly hides in order to avoid scandal. He hides once more when loud voices are heard approaching the doo...
Sophie and her father await the arrival of Der Rosenkavalier. As customary, her father leaves just before Der Rosenkavalier. When Octavian enters the home, Sophie and her chaperone greet him. After a small conversation, it is clear that there is a mutual attraction between the two. Ochs and Sophie's father return, and though Ochs has never met Octa...
With the help of Annina and Valzacchi, Octavian finishes preparing their rendezvous room. Later, Mariandel and Ochs enter the dingy room. As their evening over dinner unfolds, the heads of Octavian's conspirators pop through trap doors. Mariandel asks as if she doesn't see a thing, and Ochs starts to feel guilty over what he has done. Just then, An...
Der Rosenkavalier (The Knight of the Rose or The Rose-Bearer), Op. 59, is a comic opera in three acts by Richard Strauss to an original German libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal. It is loosely adapted from Louvet de Couvrai's novel Les amours du chevalier de Faublas and Molière's comedy Monsieur de Pourceaugnac.
- German
- 26 January 1911, Königliches Opernhaus, Dresden
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.
Apr 5, 2023 · Apr 5, 2023. Metropolitan Opera 2022-23 Review: Der Rosenkavalier. Erin Morley & Samantha Hankey Deliver the Musical Goods in Strong Revival of Strauss Masterwork. By David Salazar. (Credit: Ken Howard) Over the past few seasons, few artists have gotten as much buzz as soprano Lise Davidsen.
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Apr 20, 2017 · By The New Yorker. April 20, 2017. Robert Carsen’s unmissable new production of “Der Rosenkavalier” brilliantly updates Strauss and Hofmannsthal’s eighteenth-century setting to the turbulent,...
