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Der Rosenkavalier

BBC Radio 3
on BBC Radio 3

live from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. (sung in German)
ROYAL OPERA CHORUS director ROBIN STAPLETON
ORCHESTRA OF THE ROYAL OPERA HOUSE led by HUGH MAGUIRE conducted by JEFFREY TATE
Act 1
7.45 Michael Kennedy reviews the career of Strauss's stage designer, Alfred Roller.
8.15 Act 2
9.15 Christopher Cook looks at the subversive elements in Hugo von
Hofmannsthal's libretto for Der Rosenkavalier.
9.45 Act 3

See panel, left

Contributors

Director:
Robin Stapleton
Unknown:
Hugh Maguire
Conducted By:
Jeffrey Tate
Unknown:
Michael Kennedy
Designer:
Alfred Roller.
Unknown:
Christopher Cook
Octavian:
Ann Murray (mezzo)
Marschallin:
Felicity Lott (soprano)
Her majordomo:
Christopher Ventris (ten)
Baron Ochs auf Lerchenau:
Kurt Moll (bass) Ten
Three noble orphans:
Gillian Webster (sop)
Three noble orphans:
Elizabeth Stanford (sop)
Three noble orphans:
Isobel Bradshaw (mezzo)
Milliner:
Patricia Purcell (mezzo)
Animal-seller:
Alan Duffield (tenor)
Valzacchi, an intriguer:
Robert Tear (tenor)
Singer:
Noel Espirituvelasco (ten)
Notary:
Gordon Sandison (bass)
Anima:
Anne Mason (mezzo)
Herr von Faninal:
Gottfried Hornik (bar)
Marianne Leitmetzerin:
Ludmilla Andrew (sop)
Faninal's majordomo:
John Dobson (tenor)
Sophie, Faninal's daughter:
Lillian Watson (soprano)
Innkeeper:
Paul Crook (tenor)
Police commissar:
Eric Garrett (bass)
Source: Radio Times

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