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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.
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