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24/02/2014

Strauss 150: Der Rosenkavalier

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From New York's Metropolitan Opera, Edward Gardner conducts Strauss's Der Rosenkavalier.

From New York's Metropolitan Opera, Edward Gardner conducts Strauss's Der Rosenkavalier. Martina Serafin is the Marschallin, Alice Coote is Octavian and Peter Rose is Baron Ochs.

Presented by Margaret Juntwait.
Recorded last autumn at New York's Metropolitan Opera House, Der Rosenkavalier as part of our Strauss 150 celebrations. Based on Hofmannstahl's libretto, this bittersweet comic opera, Strauss's homage to Mozart and the Viennese waltz, poses deeper questions about how love is affected by the passing of time and by men's fickleness. Edward Gardner conducts the Met's orchestra and chorus, with a superb cast led by Martina Serafin as the Marschallin, Alice Coote as Octavian, Erin Morley as Sophie, and Peter Rose as Baron Ochs

Marschallin ..... Martina Serafin (Soprano)
Octavian ..... Alice Coote (Mezzo-soprano)
Sophie ..... Erin Morley (Soprano)
A Singer ..... Eric Cutler (Tenor)
Faninal ..... Hans-Joachim Ketelsen (Baritone)
Baron Ochs ..... Peter Rose (Bass)
Marianne Leitmetzerin ..... Jennifer Check (Soprano)
Annina ..... Jane Henschel (Contralto)
Valzacchi ..... Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke (Bass)
Police Commissar ..... Richard Bernstein (Bass)
Major-Domo I ..... Bernard Fitch (Tenor)
Major-Domo II ..... Ronald Naldi (Tenor)
Innkeeper ..... Tony Stevenson (Tenor)
Notary ..... James Courtney (Bass)
Milliner ..... Stephanie Chigas (Mezzo-soprano)
Animal vendor ..... Kurt Phinney (Tenor)
Leopold ..... Stephen Paynter (Baritone)
Lackey 1 ..... Dustin Lucas (Tenor)
Lackey 2 ..... Jason Hendrix (Baritone)
Lackey 3 ..... Craig Montgomery (Tenor)
Orphan ..... Maria D'Amato (Soprano)

New York Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra
Edward Gardner (conductor).

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