Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier @ Zurich Opera House (2025)
When Strauss and Hofmannsthal wrote «Der Rosenkavalier» – setting it in an imaginary Rococo Vienna and yet closely linked to the decadent fin de siècle – they created a profound social comedy. It is not without melancholy that the Marschallin lets her young lover Octavian go when he falls head over heels with Sophie, who hails from Faninal’s bourgeois household. As voluptuous as Strauss' score is, it contains tender moments of dream and melancholy. Director Lydia Steier stages Strauss’ opera according to an aesthetic concept by Austrian artist Gottfried Helnwein. Diana Damrau sings the Marschallin. Joana Mallwitz, chief conductor at the Konzerthaus Berlin, conducts the Orchester der Oper Zürich.
Directors: Lydia Steier, Michael Beyer.
https://www.arte.tv/de/videos/126459-000-A/richard-strauss-der-rosenkavalier/
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Diana Damrau as Die Feldmarschallin Fürstin Werdenberg |
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Günther Groissböck as Der Baron Ochs von Lerchenau |
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Bo Skovhus as Herr von Faninal |
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Angela Brower as Octavian |
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Emily Pogorelc as Sophie |
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Christiane Kohl as Jungfer Marianne Leitmetzerin |
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Irène Friedli as Annina |
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Nathan Haller as Valzacchi |
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Rebeca Olvera as Eine Modistin |
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Johan Krogius as Der Hausmeister der Feldmarschallin/Ein Wirt |
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Stanislav Vorobyov as Ein Polizeikommissar |
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Omer Kobiljak as Ein italienischer Sänger |
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Joana Mallwitz as |
| Sound | Richard Strauss | Music |
| Directing | Lydia Steier | Director |
| Directing | Lydia Steier | Stage Director |
| Sound | Joana Mallwitz | Conductor |
| Crew | Tabatha McFadyen | Choreographer |
| Writing | Hugo von Hofmannsthal | Writer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Gottfried Helnwein | Costume Design |
| Art | Gottfried Helnwein | Art Direction |
| Lighting | Elana Siberski | Lighting Director |
| Directing | Michael Beyer | Director |
