Der Rosenkavalier
- Composer:
- Composer: Richard Strauss. Conductor: Edward Gardner
- Management:
- English National Opera
- Cast:
- Amanda Roocroft, Sarah Connolly, John Tomlinson, Sophie Bevan, Andrew Shore, Madeleine Shaw, Adrian Thompson, Jennifer Rhys-Davies
- Director:
- David McVicar (also design)
- Lighting:
- Paule Constable
- Costumes:
- Tanya McCallin
Production information can change over the run of the show.
Returning to English National Opera for the first time since its 2008 London debut, David McVicar's affectionate period production of Der Rosenkavalier (first staged by Scottish Opera) now boasts its best cast yet. Richard Strauss wrote more grateful female roles than any other opera composer, and Rosenkavalier boasts three of his greatest - each sung superbly here. Amanda Roocroft, subtle, poignant and in beautiful voice, is perfect for the Marschallin - no other soprano today is better suited to the role. Sarah Connolly's Octavian bounds with virile young passion, and Sophie Bevan's effortlessly creamy top notes are to die for. They blend immaculately too, nowhere more so than in the heavenly final trio. Strauss's failure to check the opera's bloated length - its one major flaw - meant each was showing slight signs of tiredness by this stage, but this could not shake the emotional power of a sublime performance...
Run sheet
- Coliseum London
- February 27
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