Der Rosenkavalier, Op. 59, TrV 227

Composer: Strauss, Richard

Librettist/Text Author: Hofmannsthal, Hugo von

Conductor: Luisi, Fabio

Orchestra: Dresden Staatskapelle

Chorus: Dresden State Opera Chorus

Chorus Master: Brauer, Matthias

Annina: Wilke, Elisabeth

Der Baron Ochs: Rydl, Kurt

Die Feldmarschallin: Schwanewilms, Anne

Herr von Faninal: Ketelsen, Hans-Joachim

Marianne: Brohm, Sabine

Octavian: Vondung, Anke

Poliziekommissar: Commichau, Jurgen

Sophie: Mori, Maki

Valzacchi: Ringelhahn, Oliver

Set Designer: Schubiger, Christoph

Costume Designer: Karge, Jessica

Lighting Designer: Seeger, Jan

Lighting Designer: Schmadicke, Christoph

Stage Director: Laufenberg, Uwe Eric

Television Director: Yoshida, Eiji

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Date of Production: 27-11-2007

Venue: NHK Hall, Tokyo

Playing Time: 03:32:28

Catalogue Number: EuroArts5691

Synopsis

Der Rosenkavalier, Op. 59, TrV 227

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The Semperoper caused a sensation in November 2007 when it visited Japan for the first time in twenty-six years. The demand for tickets and the audience's enthusiasm were unprecedented, not least because the company was staging a piece that is performed more authentically in Dresden than anywhere else in the world: Richard Strauss's Der Rosenkavalier, which received its first performance in Dresden in 1911. Leading the ensemble was the radiant-voiced and profoundly thoughtful Marschallin of Anne Schwanenwilms, a singer described by The Independent as "one of the greatest singers on the operatic stage today."