Der Rosenkavalier May 22, 2008

David McVicar’s celebrated production of Der Rosenkavalier, which is ‘ranked as one of his supreme achievements’ (The Financial Times), makes its long-awaited London premiere.

Conducting Richard Strauss for the first time as the Company’s Music Director, Edward Gardner collaborates with an impressive ENO cast, including Janice Watson, the UK’s leading Strauss soprano, and Sarah Connolly, who sang Octavian with Scottish Opera last year. Reprising one of his signature roles, John Tomlinson, recipient of the 2006 Olivier Award for Lifetime Achievement, appears as Baron Ochs alongside Andrew Shore in this beautifully observed reading of Strauss’s Viennese fantasy.

A production of Scottish Opera
Supported by Lord and Lady Laidlaw, Peter Borender and the Dunard Fund

7 performances. Running time: 4 hrs
Sign-language interpreted performance: Jun 2
Pre-performance talk by Julian Johnson: May 31 at 3.45 pm, London Coliseum, £4
Pre-performance talk by John Deathridge: Jun 7 at 3.45 pm, London Coliseum, £4

The Feldmarschallin Janice Watson; Octavian Sarah Connolly; Baron Ochs John Tomlinson; Sophie Sarah Tynan; Herr von Faninal Andrew Shore; Annina Madeleine Shaw; Valzacchi Stuart Kale; Duenna Janice Cairns; Singer Dwayne Jones; Police Commissar Nicholas Folwell; Notary James Gower

Conductor Edward Gardner; Director/Designer David McVicar; Associate Set Designer Michael Vale; Costume Designer Tanya McCallin; Original Lighting Designer Paule Constable; Translation Alfred Kalisch

Official Website: http://www.eno.org/rosenkavalier