DER ROSENKAVALIER
Richard Strauss
Event details
2 June - 3 July 2021
The Marschallin and her young lover Octavian enjoy a glorious morning together. The sudden arrival of her cousin, the lecherous Baron Ochs, intent on securing the hand of Sophie, ignites a comic and bittersweet chain of events. With honour at risk, social status bartered and happiness illusive, the Marschallin accepts time cannot be stopped and she must set young love free.
Exquisite music captures perfectly the poignant comedy and fairy tale romance of the story, reaching its emotional climax in one of opera’s greatest moments, the beautiful final trio.
We are delighted to bring you Strauss’s most famous opera for the first time, with Miah Persson (Countess, Capriccio, 2018) making her role debut as the Marschallin alongside Hanna Hipp (title role, Fantasio, 2019) as Octavian and Derrick Ballard making his Garsington Opera debut as Ochs. Bruno Ravella (Falstaff, 2018) directs and the Philharmonia Orchestra is conducted by Jordan de Souza, who appears at Garsington for the first time.
A co-production with Irish National Opera and Santa Fe Opera
Music courtesy of Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers Limited
Sung in German with English supertitles
Libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal
Transcription for middle-sized orchestra by Eberhard Kloke
2 June - 3 July 2021
2 June - 3 July 2021
Cast & Creative Team
Cast
Marschallin
Miah Persson
Octavian
Hanna Hipp
Sophie
Madison Leonard
Ochs
Derrick Ballard
Faninal
Richard Burkhard
Marianne
Rebecca von Lipinski
Valzacchi
Colin Judson
Annina
Kitty Whately
Italian Tenor
Oliver Johnston
Police Commissar
Julian Close
Notary
Kieran Rayner
Leopold
Timothy Blore
Faninal’s Major-Domo
Glen Cunningham
Innkeeper
Alexander Aldren
The Marschallin’s Major Domo
Richard Pinkstone
Three Noble Orphans
Zoe Drummond
Flora Macdonald
Gabriella Bellenes
Milliner
Meinir Wyn Roberts
Animal Vendor
Osian Wyn Bowen
Boots
James Atkinson
Cupid
George Nearn Stuart
Lackeys
Guy Elliott
Edward Robinson
David Horton
Mark Nathan
Waiters
Seumas Begg
Osian Wyn Bowen
James Geidt
Joe Chalmers
Children’s Chorus
Clarissa Cox
Rujing Shah
Xinjie Shah
Sounak Gupta
Ahanna Aggarwal
Debby Lawal
Paddy Cryan
Ruby Alafifuni
Creative Team
Conductor
Jordan de Souza
Director
Bruno Ravella
Designer
Gary McCann
Lighting Designer
