Der Rosenkavalier NYC Reviews and Tickets

See it if you like opera

Don't see it if you don't like opera, or you're bringing kids

See it if You want to see an amazing opera with three female leads.

Don't see it if Four and half hours is just too long. It’s a bit much.

See it if You enjoy classical music. The score is luscious and the Met orchestra sounds amazing. Also really strong singing performances.

Don't see it if You don’t enjoy opera. It’s an opera, it’s sung in German, and it’s a long one, too.

See it if Beautiful singing! Erin Morley and Samantha are fabulous. Lise Davidson sings the music gorgeously but acting doesn’t work as well .

Don't see it if If you only want to see a production set in the original time period.

See it if you want to see a very witty and humorous opera by RIchard Strauss with great singing and wonderful staging.

Don't see it if you don't like long operas or like plenty of arias. There are beautiful arias but mostly it's about a very witty libretto. Read more

See it if Wonderful humor, great staging and music. Different than most operas... woman as a man as a woman.

Don't see it if If you prefer tragedy in opera over comedy. Long with two intermissions.

See it if you want to see something that might be unsettling, with strong scenes and dialogues that are often hard.

Don't see it if you want to see a cute romantic opera. It definitely is not like that. It has some very sexy scenes.

See it if you like light operas devoid of tragedy and killing. Hey are many laughs with excellent singing, a huge cast and a well-conducted orchestra

Don't see it if you want a serious production or you would have difficulty spending nearly 5 hours in the theater (2 - 30 minute intermissions).