Der Rosenkavalier

Der Rosenkavalier

Music | Jan. 1, 1994

Felicity Lott, Anne-Sofie Von Otter, and Kurt Moll star in this production of Richard Strauss' opera, staged in Vienna in 1994. A romantic comedy of errors. Princess von Werdenberg must hide her affair with Octavian from her family; when he disguises himself as a chambermaid to avoid scandalizing the Princess, he is pressed into presenting a gift to Baron Ochs von Lerchenau, who has arrived to propose marriage to Sophie von Faninal. However, Ochs soon finds himself infatuated with the chambermaid, much to Octavian's chagrin, which proves to be only the first of a long series of romantic misunderstandings. This production of Der Rosenkavalier is performed by the Vienna State Orchestra and Chorus, under the direction of Carlos Kleiber.

Der Rosenkavalier

Music | Jan. 1, 1994

Der Rosenkavalier
Felicity Lott, Anne-Sofie Von Otter, and Kurt Moll star in this production of Richard Strauss' opera, staged in Vienna in 1994. A romantic comedy of errors. Princess von Werdenberg must hide her affair with Octavian from her family; when he disguises himself as a chambermaid to avoid scandalizing the Princess, he is pressed into presenting a gift to Baron Ochs von Lerchenau, who has arrived to propose marriage to Sophie von Faninal. However, Ochs soon finds himself infatuated with the chambermaid, much to Octavian's chagrin, which proves to be only the first of a long series of romantic misunderstandings. This production of Der Rosenkavalier is performed by the Vienna State Orchestra and Chorus, under the direction of Carlos Kleiber.
Producers Deutsche Grammophon, Unitel Classica
Original title Der Rosenkavalier
Directors Horant H. Hohlfeld
Writers Hugo von Hofmannsthal

Cast

Carlos Kleiber

as Conductor

Felicity Lott

as Die Feldmarschallin

Kurt Moll

as Der Baron Ochs Auf Lerchenau

Anne Sofie von Otter

as Octavian

Gottfried Hornik

as Faninal

Barbara Bonney

as Sophie

Olivera Miljakovic

as Marianne Leitmetzerin

Heinz Zednik

as Valzacchi

Anna Gonda

as Annima

Peter Wimberger

as Polizeikommissar

Waldemar Kmentt

as Haushofmeister Bei Der Feldmarschallin

Franz Kasemann

as Haushofmeister Bei Faninal

Wolfgang Bankl

as Notar

Peter Jelosits

as Wirt

Keith Ikaia-Purdy

as Sanger