
The Metropolitan Opera: Der Rosenkavalier
A dream cast assembles for Strauss’s grand Viennese comedy. Soprano Lise Davidsen is the aging Marschallin, opposite mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard as her lover Octavian and soprano Erin Morley as Sophie, the beautiful younger woman who steals his heart. Bass Günther Groissböck returns as the churlish Baron Ochs, and baritone Markus Brück is Sophie’s wealthy father, Faninal. Maestro Simone Young takes the Met podium to oversee Robert Carsen’s fin-de-siècle staging.
Top Billed Cast

Lise Davidsen
Marschallin

Erin Morley
Sophie
Samantha Hankey
Octavian
Katharine Goeldner
Annina
René Barbera
Italian Singer
Featured Crew

Simone Young
Conductor

Robert Carsen
Lighting Design
Peter van Praet
Lighting Design

Robert Carsen
Director

Gary Halvorson
Director
Brigitte Reiffenstuel
Costume Designer
Paul Steinberg
Set Designer

Richard Strauss
Music

Hugo von Hofmannsthal
Writer
Philippe Giraudeau
Choreographer