The Met Live in HD
Der Rosenkavalier

Strauss’s comic masterpiece of love and intrigue in 18th-century Vienna stars Renée Fleming as the aristocratic
Marschallin and Susan Graham in the trouser role of her young lover. Music Director James Levine conducts a cast that
also includes Kristinn Sigmundsson and Thomas Allen.

Composer Richard Strauss
Libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal
Conductor James Levine
Production Nathaniel Merrill
Set & Costume Designer Robert O’Hearn
Marschallin Renée Fleming
Octavian Susan Graham
Sophie Christine Schäfer
Italian Singer Eric Cutler
Faninal Thomas Allen
Baron Ochs Kristinn Sigmundsson

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