From the Hippodrome, Bristol,
Paul Guinery presents Welsh National Opera's production of Richard Strauss's opera. Set in 18th-century Vienna, Strauss's "comedy for music in three acts" is a tale of love among the aristocracy in youth and middle age. The complex strands of desire and duty work their way to a moving finale, and the opera concludes with one of the greatest lyrical outpourings in all opera.
Welsh National Opera Chorus and Orchestra, conductor Carlo Rizzi

Act 1

7.40 Stopping the Clocks
In 1911 when Strauss and Hofmannsthal were working on Der Rosenkavalier, European ideas about time were changing. Christopher Cook, Professor Steve Connor and Dr Judith Collins discuss how that changing perception of time permeated the art and literature of the early 20th century.

8.05 Act 2

9.05 Interval
Peggy Reynolds explores operatic roles which feature women dressed as men.

9.25 Act 3