Der Rosenkavalier by Richard Strauss

Der Rosenkavalier
Comedy for music in three acts by Richard Strauss (1864 - 1949)
Libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal
First performance in Dresde, Hofoper, 26 January 1911

Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden, Fabio Luisi (Conductor)
Staatsopernchor Dresden, Matthias Brauer, Ulrich Paetzholdt (Chorus Masters)

Anne Schwanewilms (Marschallin, Princess von Werdenberg)
Kurt Rydl (Baron Ochs auf Lerchenau)
Anke Vondung (Octavian)
Hans-Joachim Ketelsen (Herr von Faninal)
Maki Mori (Sophie)
Sabine Brohm (Marianne Leitmetzerin)
Oliver Ringelhahn (Valzacchi)
Elisabeth Wilke (Annina)

Uwe Eric Laufenberg (stage director)
Christoph Schubiger (Stage Designer), Jessica Karge (Costume Designer), Jan Seeger, Christoph Schmädicke (Lighting Designers)

Recorded at the NHK Hall, Tokyo, in 2007
Directed by Eiji Yoshida