Der Rosenkavalier

The Semperoper caused a sensation in November 2007 when it visited Japan for the first time in twenty-six years. The demand for tickets and the audience's enthusiasm were unprecedented, not least because the company was staging a piece that is performed more authentically in Dresden than anywhere else in the world: Richard Strauss' Der Rosenkavalier, which received its first performance in Dresden in 1911. Leading the ensemble was the radiant-voiced and profoundly thoughtful Marschallin of Anne Schwanewilms.

• Uwe Eric LaufenbergDirector
• Eiji YoshidaDirector
• Richard StraussOriginal Music Composer
• Hugo von HofmannsthalWriter

• Anne SchwanewilmsMarschallin
• Sabine BrohmValzacchi
• Hans-Joachim KetelsenFaninal
• Maki MoriSophie
• Kurt RydlBaron Ochs
• Anke VondungOctavian