The read
It runs long at 4h 40m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
TMDB6.5/10
2 audience votes
Key crew
- Robert CarsenDirector
- Gary HalvorsonDirector
- Hugo von HofmannsthalWriter
- Richard StraussOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Lise DavidsenMarschallin
- Erin MorleySophie
- Samantha HankeyOctavian
- Günther GroissböckBaron Ochs
- Brian MulliganFaninal
- René BarberaItalian Singer
- Thomas EbensteinValzacchi
- Katharine GoeldnerAnnina
- Alexandra BiancoMarianne Leitmetzerin
- Simone YoungSelf - Conductor
Stills
Themes
opera live performancethe metropolitan opera