Der Rosenkavalier
Abridged version of the comedy for music
Libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal
Music by Richard Strauss sung in German Princess von Werdenberg, wife of Field-Marshal Prince von Lotte LEHMANN (soprano) Baron Ochs auf Lerchenau RICHARD MAYR (bass)
Octavian (called Quinquin), a young gentleman of noble MARIA OLSZEWSKA (contralto) ELISABETH SCHUMANN (soprano)
Von Faninal, her father, a rich and newly ennobled merchant VICTOR MADIN (baritone) Marianne Leitmetzerin ANNA MICHALSKY (soprano) Valzacchi, an intriguer
HERMANN GALLOS (tenor)
Annina his partner BELLA PAALEN (contralto) A police official KARL ETTL (bass) WILLIAM WERGNICK (tenor)
Members of the Chorus of the VIENNA STATE OPERA
VIENNA PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA Conducted by ROBERT HEGER
Recorded In 1933