The new season of New York Metropolitan Opera live broadcasts begins in style with Richard Strauss 's most lushly romantic work, full of eloquent and glorious music. Set in 18th-century Vienna, it tells a story of amorous intrigue between the aristocratic Marschallin, her lover Octavian -the Knight of the Rose- and the beautiful young Sophie. And in a new weekly series Rodney Milnes will be taking a sideways look at each of this season's works.
Strauss Der Rosenkavalier
Chorus and Orchestra of the New York
Metropolitan Opera, conductor Jiri Kout
Act 1
7.15 Interval: This Meaningless Life
Dr Susan Blackmore concludes her series on the problems scientists face when balancing their professional discoveries and their private beliefs.
7.40 Act 2
8.50 Interval: Met Opera Quiz
William Livingstone puts listeners' questions to George Jellinek, Father Owen Lee and Terrence McNally.
9.15 Opera Bites
With Rodney Milne.
9.20 Act 3
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