Strauss’s Der Rosenkavalier

Listen Saturday, April 15th at 12:00pm.

Program notes courtesy of the Metropolitan Opera.

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A sterling cast assembles for Strauss’s grand Viennese comedy. Soprano Lise Davidsen is the aging Marschallin, opposite mezzo-soprano Samantha Hankey as her lover Octavian and soprano Erin Morley as Sophie, the beautiful younger woman who steals his heart. Bass Günther Groissböck returns as the churlish Baron Ochs, and Brian Mulligan is Sophie’s wealthy father, Faninal. Maestro Simone Young takes the Met podium.

Read a synopsis of the opera.

Günther Groissböck as Baron Ochs and Samantha Hankey as Octavian in Strauss's "Der Rosenkavalier."

(Ken Howard) 

CONDUCTOR: Simone Young

CAST:

Octavian - Samantha Hankey

Marschallin - Lise Davidsen

Baron Ochs - Günther Groissböck

Sophie - Erin Morley

Faninal - Brian Mulligan

Annina - Katharine Goeldner

Valzacchi - Thomas Ebenstein

A Singer - René Barbera

Give WQXR morning host Jeff Spurgeon three minutes and he'll give you an entire opera. Listen to his 3-minute summary of Der Rosenkavalier below.

Want a closer look at the music of Der Rosenkavalier? Stream the Aria Code podcast episode featuring Renée Fleming's performance of "Da geht er hin."