Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier @ Zurich Opera House
Synopsis
When Strauss and Hofmannsthal wrote «Der Rosenkavalier» – setting it in an imaginary Rococo Vienna and yet closely linked to the decadent fin de siècle – they created a profound social comedy. It is not without melancholy that the Marschallin lets her young lover Octavian go when he falls head over heels with Sophie, who hails from Faninal’s bourgeois household. As voluptuous as Strauss' score is, it contains tender moments of dream and melancholy. Director Lydia Steier stages Strauss’ opera according to an aesthetic concept by Austrian artist Gottfried Helnwein. Diana Damrau sings the Marschallin. Joana Mallwitz, chief conductor at the Konzerthaus Berlin, conducts the Orchester der Oper Zürich.
Where to watch
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Top cast
Diana Damrau
Die Feldmarschallin Fürstin Werdenberg
Günther Groissböck
Der Baron Ochs von Lerchenau
Bo Skovhus
Herr von Faninal
Angela Brower
Octavian
Emily Pogorelc
Sophie
Christiane Kohl
Jungfer Marianne Leitmetzerin
Irène Friedli
Annina
Nathan Haller
Valzacchi
Rebeca Olvera
Eine Modistin
Johan Krogius
Der Hausmeister der Feldmarschallin/Ein Wirt
