Der Rosenkavalier
By: [music by] R. Strauss ; libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal ; production, Robert Carsen ; directed by Gary Halvorson
Contributors: Fleming, Renée, actor, singer; Morley, Erin, actor, singer; Garanča, Elīna, 1976- actor, singer; Polenzani, Matthew, actor, singer; Brück, Markus, actor, singer; Groissböck, Günther, actor, singer; Weigle, Sebastian, conductor; Louvet de Couvray, Jean-Baptiste, 1760-1797; Molière, 1622-1673; Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.). Chorus; Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.). Orchestra; Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.). Ballet
Series: Metropolitan Opera HD live; Metropolitan Opera HD live
Published: 2017
Language: ger
Format: [videorecording] /
Number of pages: 203
Other titles: Rosenkavalier (Television program : 2017)
Description: Presents a filmed performance of Strauss's comic opera in which the lover of an older noblewoman falls for a baron's young fiancée.
Notes: Opera in 3 acts.

Based on the novel "Les amours du Chevalier de Faublas" by Jean-Baptiste Louvet de Couvrai and the play "Monsieur de Pourceaugnac" by Molière.

DTS 5.1, anamorphic wide screen 1.78:1.

Features: backstage at the Met, animals in opera.

Renée Fleming, Erin Morley, sopranos ; Elīna Garanča, mezzo-soprano ; Matthew Polenzani, tenor ; Markus Brück, baritone ; Günther Groissböck, bass ; additional soloists ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Chorus and Ballet ; Sebastian Weigle, conductor.

Filmed for live broadcast to cinemas at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York, May 13, 2017.

Not rated.

For private home use only.

Sung in German; optional subtitles in English, French, German, or Spanish.