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Complete concert performance with two intermissions, sung in German with English supertitles. These concerts will end about 11:15pm.
Continuing their series of Richard Strauss operas in concert, which has so far brought star-studded performances of Salome in
March 2014 and Elektra in October 2015, Andris Nelsons and the BSO open their 2016-17 subscription season with the composer’s
elegant and touching Der Rosenkavalier, the second (following Elektra) in Strauss’s own series of remarkable collaborations with
playwright Hugo von Hofmannsthal. Set in mid-18th-century Vienna, Der Rosenkavalier tells a comedic yet deeply moving story of
human relationships, longing, and acceptance. The opera’s title—“The Knight of the Rose”—refers to the Marschallin’s young lover
Octavian, who, upon delivering to the young Sophie the traditional silver rose marking her (forced) engagement to the boorish Baron
Ochs, finds himself instantly smitten with her, as does she with him. A dream cast headlined by Renée Fleming’s Marschallin, Susan
Graham’s Octavian, Erin Morley’s Sophie, and Franz Hawlata’s Baron Ochs anchors the BSO’s performances of this subtle, often funny,
and beautiful opera, one of the composer’s finest.
Thursday, September 29, 7pm
Saturday, October 1, 7pm
RENÉE FLEMING, SOPRANO (MARSCHALLIN)
ERIN MORLEY, SOPRANO (SOPHIE)
SUSAN GRAHAM, MEZZO-SOPRANO (OCTAVIAN)
FRANZ HAWLATA, BASS (BARON OCHS)
ALAN OPIE, BARITONE (FANINAL)
IRMGARD VILSMAIER, SOPRANO (MARIANNE)
MICHELLE TRAINOR, SOPRANO (MILLINER)
JANE HENSCHEL, MEZZO-SOPRANO (ANNINA)
GRAHAM CLARK, TENOR (VALZACCHI)
STEPHEN COSTELLO, TENOR (ITALIAN SINGER)
ADDITIONAL VOCAL SOLOISTS
TANGLEWOOD FESTIVAL CHORUS, LIDIYA YANKOVSKAYA,
GUEST CHORUS CONDUCTOR
VOICES BOSTON, STEVEN LIPSITT, ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
ANDRIS NELSONS conducting
STRAUSS
“DER ROSENKAVALIER,” OPUS 59
COMEDY FOR MUSIC IN THREE ACTS
LIBRETTO BY HUGO VON HOFMANNSTHAL
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