People lined up on stage with standing ovations from audience.
Just back from stunningly beautifully performed #DerRosenkavalier at #kglteater - not least Elisabeth Jansson as a perfect 17-year old Octavian🤩. But #BraviTutti👏👏👏
#OnThisDay: 📆January 26, 1911 Richard Strauss's opera "Der Rosenkavalier" (Knight of the Rose) premieres at the #Königliches #Opernhaus in #Dresden, Germany
#Strauss #Opera #DerRosenkavalier
#ClassicalMusic #History
#MusicHistory #Music
••• DER ROSENKAVALIER ••• Jonathan Winell takes on three roles in tonight’s performance of Strauss’ Der Rosenkavalier at Staatsoper Hannover — Haushofmeister (twice) and Wirt. Curtain up at 18:30.
#JonathanWinell #DerRosenkavalier #StaatsoperHannover #Tenor #Opera
I woke up from a dream seven years ago today in which I met #MariaTheresa; my favorite #RichardStrauß opera is set in Theresian Vienna: here's the presentation of the rose scene from #DerRosenkavalier:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3nm...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Der_Ros...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_T...
#RichardStrauß died at the age of 85 on this day in 1949 & with him died the tradition of German Romanticism which he brought to a brilliant climax with his #opera #DerRosenkavalier; here's the presentation of the rose scene:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3nm...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard...
#ElisabethSchwarzkopf died at the age of 90 #OnThisDay in 2006; one of the greatest Lieder singers, she was also the definitive Marschallin in the #RichardStrauß #opera #DerRosenkavalier; this is the trio from Paul Czinner's 1961 film:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=31Ct...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisabe...
Also the singers were absolutely fantastic.
Highly recommended!
Bravi tutti!
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#wienerstaatsoper #derrosenkavalier #richardstrauss #rosenkavalier #strauss #viennaopera #hugovonhofmannsthal
📷 Der Rosenkavalier live from Vienna!
Strauss’s beloved opera returns to the stage of the Wiener Staatsoper in Otto Schenk’s timeless production. Adam Fischer conducts.
Read and find where to watch at moto-perpetuo.com/der-rosenkav...
#DerRosenkavalier #RichardStrauss @WrStaatsoper
Throwback Thursday: I lived in London for two years & was fortunate to get to see #DerRosenkavalier of #RichardStrauß at Glyndebourne; here's the presentation of the rose scene from Paul Czinner's classic film of the #opera:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3nm...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Se0H...
Throwback Thursday: I saw #ElisabethSchwarzkopf conduct a master class in London & she sang a bit; she's considered the definitive Marschallin in #DerRosenkavalier of #RichardStrauß; here's the final trio from Paul Czinner's film:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=31Ct...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard...
Toi toi toi to Ida Ränzlöv in her role debut as Octavian in Der Rosenkavalier with Oper Frankfurt!
11 April – 10 May
oper-frankfurt.de/de/spielplan... #mezzosoprano #derrosenkavalier
Lotte Lehmann
#LotteLehmann was born #OnThisDay in 1888, becoming the first soprano to sing all three female leads in #DerRosenkavalier — the most popular #opera of #RichardStrauß; this is a fascinating documentary about her life & career:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCgf...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotte_L...
... #Strauss' #DerRosenkavalier as the Innkeeper! And it turns out that the time I caught the Met on tour in #WolfTrapVA in 1977, he was one of the Nobles in #Wagner 's #Lohengrin.
(For the record: Trailing behind Anthony by 533 Met performances was baritone #GeorgeCehanovsky, who was ...
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Lucia Popp 💖✨️ PURE BEAUTY! 😍
Today I am a bit melancholic and I wish you a beautiful weekend with this charming phrase from the 'Presentation of the Rose' ⚘️ from Richard Strauss' #DerRosenkavalier, which Popp sings like no one else. Divine! 🙌🙇🙌
#luciapopp #soprano #opera
#Strauss
#laprimadelpalco
#StaatsoperBerlin #DerRosenkavalier
#DianaDamrau war der einzige Grund zum Besuch. Sanft, glasklar, unendlich feminin - sagenhaft.
Büßchen Indien, büßchen Pakistan, büßchen Marokko, büßchen Japonismus und viel Wien - das Völkerkunde-Konglomerat #AndreHeller war wider Erwarten recht brav.
#StaatsoperBerlin
#DerRosenkavalier die Fahnen in der Fassade fehlen.
Wat 🤯 A.X.E.L. K.O.B.E.R.!
Was hatte ich beim Kauf der Karte übersehen.
...bei dieser Besetzung und bei diesen Preisen diese Auslastung. #DerRosenkavalier #StaatsoperBerlin
Jammert später nicht, dass die Opernbesuche teurer (geworden) sind.
"Der Rosenkavalier"
#ElisabethSchwarzkopf was born on this day in 1915; one of the greatest sopranos of the 20th c., her Marschallin in #DerRosenkavalier of #RichardStrauß was considered definitive, captured in Paul Czinner's 1964 film of the #opera:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAw4...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisabe...
Piotr Beczała
I woke up from a dream four years ago today (5.12.20) in which I sang "Di rigori armato il seno" — the aria from the #opera #DerRosenkavalier of #RichardStrauß — sung here by Piotr Beczała:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8Ov...
www.translatelyrics.net/check/21897/...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Der_Ros...
#DerRosenkavalier premiered at the Königliches Opernhaus in Dresden #OnThisDay in 1911; Hugo von Hofmannsthal's brilliant libretto enabled #RichardStrauß to create some of the greatest scenes in all #opera, including this one:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3nm...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Der_Ros...
Me: WTF was that last bit?
D: That's director for "and then everyone died in WW1" #derrosenkavalier @MetOpera
More operas need artillery pointed at the audience #derrosenkavalier
