Der Rosenkavalier / Richard Strauss.

Strauss's poignant fairy tale of 18th-century Vienna is brilliantly realized by a glittering cast under the musical direction of the great Karl Böhm, a friend and protégé of the composer. Vienna's own Leonie Rysanek is the beautiful and wise Marschallin, the woman who knows her affair with...

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Online Access: Streaming Audio (via Met Opera)
Corporate Author: Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.) (Performer)
Other Authors: Strauss, Richard, 1864-1949 (Composer), Rysanek, Leonie (Performer), Grist, Reri (Performer), Ludwig, Christa (Performer), Knoll, Rudolf, 1927- (Performer), Berry, Walter (Performer), Böhm, Karl, 1894-1981 (Conductor)
Other title:Rosenkavalier (Opera)
Format: Audio
Language:German
Published: [New York, New York] : [Metropolitan Opera], [1969]
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Summary:Strauss's poignant fairy tale of 18th-century Vienna is brilliantly realized by a glittering cast under the musical direction of the great Karl Böhm, a friend and protégé of the composer. Vienna's own Leonie Rysanek is the beautiful and wise Marschallin, the woman who knows her affair with the impetuous Octavian (a superb Christa Ludwig) will not last forever. The enchanting Reri Grist sings Sophie, the girl who captures the young man's heart. Water Berry is appropriately loveable and boorish as Sophie's would-be fiancé, the rustic Baron Ochs, who becomes the victim of Octavian's elaborate joke. Nicolai Gedda is luxuriously cast as the Italian Singer.
Item Description:Duration: 3 hr., 2 min., 50 sec.
Physical Description:1 online resource (1 audio file (3 hr., 2 min., 50 sec.))
Playing Time:03:02:50
Participant or Performer:Leonie Rysanek ; Reri Grist ; Christa Ludwig ; Rudolf Knoll ; Walter Berry ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Karl Böhm, conductor.
Language:Sung in German.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Vendor-supplied metadata.
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:Recorded live in 1969 at the Metropolitan Opera, New York, New York.