About the Show

A grand cast is brought together to bring to life Strauss’s grand Viennese comedy.

Soprano Lise Davidsen plays the aging Marschallin, alongside mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard as her lover Octavian and soprano Erin Morley as Sophie, the gorgeous younger woman who captivates his heart. Bass Günther Groissböck returns as the discourteous Baron Ochs, and Markus Brück is Sophie’s rich father, Faninal.

Maestro Simone Young takes the Met podium to oversee Robert Carsen’s fin-de-siècle staging.

Critic Reviews (2)

CRITIC’S PICK: “ ‘Der Rosenkavalier’ is an ensemble opera in which it can be difficult to call anyone a protagonist, but Davidsen’s Marschallin leaves the stage the most evolved.”
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“It’s great spectacle, but weak drama. And without dramatic credibility, ‘Rosenkavalier’ is reduced to its best bits, a song cycle in costume.”
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Creative team

The Metropolitan Opera House

Producer

The Royal Opera House