Description
Der Rosenkavalier
Strauss’s rapturous tale of life, love and the passage of time is back with a new Marschallin, Cheryl Barker, gliding her way through this classic production. The words are ever bittersweet, and the music finds timeless and complex beauty in a Viennese waltz, heartache in a simple song.
The Marschallin has kindly offered Octavian as the Rosenkavalier, the knight who is to present a silver rose to Baron Ochs's fiancée, Sophie. A fine gesture, except that Octavian is far more loveable than Sophie's bovine betrothed, Baron Ochs. One look, and Sophie and Octavian have fallen for each other. So where does this leave Ochs and the Marschallin?
On the surface, Der Rosenkavalier is as light and fluffy as a bedroom farce, but in spite of all the plot twists and pratfalls Richard Strauss and his librettist, Hofmannsthal, are never shallow. The words are ever bittersweet, and the music finds timeless and complex beauty in a Viennese waltz, heartache in a simple song.
Based on a production originally conceived by Göran Järvefelt and Rennie Wright, this work comes with a magnificent cast and creative team. Conductor Andrew Litton brings his wide ranging experience of Strauss's works to Australia for the first time.
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Venue: Opera Theatre
Dates: 1 October – 30 October
Duration: four hours and fifteen minutes including two twenty-five-minute intervals.
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