The Metropolitan Opera: Der Rosenkavalier
The story
A dream cast assembles for Strauss’s grand Viennese comedy. Soprano Lise Davidsen is the aging Marschallin, opposite mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard 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 baritone Markus Brück is Sophie’s wealthy father, Faninal. Maestro Simone Young takes the Met podium to oversee Robert Carsen’s fin-de-siècle staging.
Cast & crew
Lise Davidsen
Marschallin
Erin Morley
Sophie
Samantha Hankey
Octavian
Günther Groissböck
Baron Ochs
Brian Mulligan
Faninal
René Barbera
Italian Singer
Thomas Ebenstein
Valzacchi
Katharine Goeldner
Annina
Alexandra Bianco
Marianne Leitmetzerin
Simone Young
Self - Conductor
Robert Carsen
Director
Gary Halvorson
Director
Richard Strauss
Music