Marschallin

Ms. Te Kanawa surprised people by risking the major role of the Marschallin in Strauss's "Der Rosenkavalier" in Germany last year.

Singing Into Retirement David Littlejohn 2012

Conducted by 36-year-old Philippe Jordan of the Paris Opera, this latest staging will see Joyce DiDonato in the role of Ocatavian and Anne Schwanewilms as her young lover Marschallin, traditionally sung by a woman.

What's On Around Europe 2011

In this bitter-sweet comedy an older woman the Marschallin sees she must send her young lover into the arms of another.

Top 50 operas 2011

In stylistic retreat from the dissonant expressionism of Salome and Elektra, Strauss let his Marschallin bid adieu to her Octavian, her youth, aristocratic Vienna, what have you, with a trio so languorous Strauss would have let it run on into 1912 if he thought he could get away with it.

Every night, they say, he sings the herd to sleep Matthew Guerrieri 2008

In stylistic retreat from the dissonant expressionism of Salome and Elektra, Strauss let his Marschallin bid adieu to her Octavian, her youth, aristocratic Vienna, what have you, with a trio so languorous Strauss would have let it run on into 1912 if he thought he could get away with it.

Archive 2008-10-01 Matthew Guerrieri 2008

UTC / 19:00 CET – James Levine conducts a stellar cast led by Renée Fleming as the Marschallin and Susan Graham as Octavian.

Archive 2009-09-01 Lisa Hirsch 2009

UTC / 19:00 CET – James Levine conducts a stellar cast led by Renée Fleming as the Marschallin and Susan Graham as Octavian.

Met HD Broadcasts, 2009-10 Lisa Hirsch 2009

She has a growing career in Europe, mostly in Mozart roles, but we in California will have another excellent opportunity to hear her in San Francisco next summer as Sophie to Joyce DiDonato's Octavian and Solie Isokoski's Marschallin in their Der Rosenkavalier revival under Runnicle's guidance.

Salonen, Stravinsky, (and Mozart) 2006

She has a growing career in Europe, mostly in Mozart roles, but we in California will have another excellent opportunity to hear her in San Francisco next summer as Sophie to Joyce DiDonato's Octavian and Solie Isokoski's Marschallin in their Der Rosenkavalier revival under Runnicle's guidance.

Archive 2006-10-01 2006

Among other things, we're asked to believe that the Princess is a pure and innocent virgin when she's given music and texts that belong with a knowing woman of the world - say, the Marschallin in "Rosenkavalier."

Archive 2007-01-01 Lisa Hirsch 2007