The Met — Der Rosenkavalier (2010)
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
Princess von Werdenberg
Octavian
The Princess's Major-Domo
Faninal's Major-Domo
A Noble Widow
A Milliner
An Animal Vendor
Valzacchi
A Notary
A Singer
A Hairdresser
An Innkeeper
Baron Ochs auf Lerchenau
A Police Commissary
Sophie
Faninal
Self - Host
Annina
Leopold
Mohammed
Marianne
Crew
Conductor
Director
Production Design
Set Designer
Costume Designer
Stage Director
Dramaturgy
Music Producer
Technical Supervisor
Supervising Producer
Supervising Producer
Producer
Producer
Sound Supervisor
Makeup Artist
Makeup Artist
Wardrobe Supervisor
Hairstylist
Executive Producer
Writer
Original Music Composer
Writer
Original Story