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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 Markus Brück is Sophie’s wealthy father, Faninal. Maestro Simone Young takes the Met podium to oversee Robert Carsen’s fin-de-siècle staging.
Conductor: Simone Young
Director: Robert Carsen
Scenic designer: Paul Steinberg
Costume designer: Brigitte Reiffenstuel
Light designer: Robert Carsen a Peter Van Praet
Choreography: Philippe Giraudeau
Cast:
Lise Davidsen (Marschallin)
Isabel Leonard (Octavian)
Erin Morley (Sophie)
Katharine Goeldner (Annina)
René Barbera (Italian singer)
Thomas Ebenstein (Valzacchi)
Markus Brück (Faninal)
Günther Groissböck (Baron Ochs)
Estimated length: 4 hours 20 minutes (including two intermission)
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 Markus Brück is Sophie’s wealthy father, Faninal. Maestro Simone Young takes the Met podium to oversee Robert Carsen’s fin-de-siècle staging.
Conductor: Simone Young
Director: Robert Carsen
Scenic designer: Paul Steinberg
Costume designer: Brigitte Reiffenstuel
Light designer: Robert Carsen a Peter Van Praet
Choreography: Philippe Giraudeau
Cast:
Lise Davidsen (Marschallin)
Isabel Leonard (Octavian)
Erin Morley (Sophie)
Katharine Goeldner (Annina)
René Barbera (Italian singer)
Thomas Ebenstein (Valzacchi)
Markus Brück (Faninal)
Günther Groissböck (Baron Ochs)
Estimated length: 4 hours 20 minutes (including two intermission)