Organization

Conductor

Conductor (+1)

Joana Mallwitz

Stage director

Stage director (+5)

André Heller-Lopes

Set designer

Xenia Hausner

Costume designer

Arthur Arbesser

Lighting designer

Lighting designer (+1)

Olaf Freese

Video

Dramaturge (+2)

Günter Jäckle

Dramaturge (+1)

Philip Hillers

Soprano (+2)

Julia Kleiter

The Marschallin

Mezzo-soprano (+4)

Marina Prudenskaya

Octavian

Baritone (+3)

Roman Trekel

Lord of Faninal

Soprano (+3)

Golda Schultz

Sophie

Anna Samuil

Marianne

Tenor (+4)

Karl-Michael Ebner

Valzacchi

Mezzo-soprano (+2)

Katharina Kammerloher

Annina

Staatsoper Unter den Linden ( State Opera Berlin )

Chorus

Staatsopernchor Berlin

Kinderchor der Staatsoper Unter den Linden

Orchestra

Staatskapelle Berlin

Bass (+2)

Friedrich Hamel

A police inspector

Tenor (+2)

Florian Hoffmann

The Marschallin's Major-Domo

Tenor (+1)

Gonzalo Quinchahual

Faninal's Major-Domo

Dionysios Avgerinos

Ein Notar

Johan Krogius

An innkeeper

Tenor (+3)

Andrés Moreno García

An Italian singer

Soprano (+1)

Regina Koncz

A milliner

Staatsoper Unter den Linden

Bass (+7)

Günther Groissböck

Baron Ochs of Lerchenau

Bass (+6)

Wilhelm Schwinghammer

The Viennese aristocracy are no strangers to family feuds: boorish Baron Ochs auf Lerchenau interrupts the morning tête-à-tête between his cousin, the Marschallin, and her young lover Octavian, to ask for her help with his wedding plans, which are steered more by financial gain than love. Ochs does not suspect that Octavian himself, who is chosen to deliver the engagement rose, will eventually fall in love with the bride.

After his dramatic one-act works »Salome« and »Elektra«, which were based on ancient myths, Richard Strauss was drawn to lighter, more cheerful material for his next opera in the style of Mozart’s comic operas. His change of direction was embraced by Hugo von Hofmannsthal whose libretto created an artificial, rococo Vienna with customs and dialects as convincing as they are imaginary, which Strauss refined with anachronistic waltzes. This fantasy Vienna, bursting with joie de vivre, wit and traditional class boundaries, but which also bears traces of depression and morbidity, is not merely a reflection of the 18th century but also of the declining belle époque. Strauss’ score offers the full range of rich orchestral timbres with an unrestrained indulgence that culminates in the unsurpassed closing section: yet deep ruptures also appear. Only a few years before the collapse of the Habsburg monarchy, »The Rosenkavalier« is a swansong to an entire epoch.

Gearmáinis

Der Rosenkavalier -  (The Knight of the Rose)

Berlin

Germany

Der Rosenkavalier

Staged

Opera

The Knight of the Rose

Béarla

DER ROSENKAVALIER I Spielzeit 2019/20 I Komödie für Musik in drei Aufzügen (1911) I Musik von Richard Strauss I Text von Hugo von Hofmannsthal
DER ROSENKAVALIER I Season 2019/20 I Comedy for music in three acts (1911) I Music by Richard Strauss I Text by Hugo von Hofmannsthal

Musikalische Leitung / Musical Director: Zubin Mehta
Inszenierung / Director: André Heller
Mitarbeit Regie / Assistant Director: Wolfgang Schilly
Bühnenbild / Set Design:  Xenia Hausner
Mitarbeit Bühnenbild / Set Design Assistance: Nanna Neudeck
Kostüme / Costumes: Arthur Arbesser
Mitarbeit Kostüm / Costume Assistance: Onka Allmayer-Beck
Licht / Light: Olaf Freese
Video / Video: Günter Jäckle , Philip Hillers
Einstudierung Chor / Chorus Master: Anna Milukova
Dramaturgie / Dramaturgy: Benjamin Wäntig

Nach den archaisch-dramatischen Einaktern »Salome« und »Elektra« suchte Richard Strauss für seine nächste Oper nach einem leichteren, heiteren Stoff im Stil von Mozarts Opernkomödien – ein Ansinnen, auf das sich auch Hugo von Hofmannsthal gern einließ. Er schuf mit seinem Libretto ein künstliches Rokoko-Wien mit ebenso überzeugenden wie erfundenen Bräuchen und Dialekten, das Strauss auf musikalischer Seite noch mit anachronistischen Walzern veredelte. Im diesem Fantasie-Wien voller Lebenslust, Schwänke und althergebrachter Standesgrenzen, aber auch voll Depression und Morbidität spiegelt sich nicht nur das 18. Jahrhundert, sondern erst recht die dem Ende zusteuernde Belle Époque. So bietet Strauss’ Partitur noch einmal den ganzen orchestralen Klangfarbenreichtum auf, schier hemmungsloses Schwelgen, das im in puncto musikalischer Schönheit unübertroffenen Schlussterzett kulminiert, zeigt aber auch tiefe Brüche. Nur wenige Jahre vor dem Zusammenbruch der Donaumonarchie wird »Der Rosenkavalier« zum Abgesang auf eine ganze Epoche.

After his dramatic one-act works »Salome« and »Elektra«, which were based on ancient myths, Richard Strauss was drawn to lighter, more cheerful material for his next opera in the style of Mozart’s comic operas. His change of direction was embraced by Hugo von Hofmannsthal whose libretto created an artificial, rococo Vienna with customs and dialects as convincing as they are imaginary, which Strauss refined with anachronistic waltzes. This fantasy Vienna, bursting with joie de vivre, wit and traditional class boundaries, but which also bears traces of depression and morbidity, is not merely a reflection of the 18th century but also of the declining belle époque. Strauss’ score offers the full range of rich orchestral timbres with an unrestrained indulgence that culminates in the unsurpassed closing section: yet deep ruptures also appear. Only a few years before the collapse of the Habsburg monarchy, »The Rosenkavalier« is a swansong to an entire

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