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Der Rosenkavalier
Metropolitan Opera House, Sat, January 18, 1958
Der Rosenkavalier (167)
Richard Strauss | Hugo von Hofmannsthal
- Octavian
- Mildred Miller
- Princess von Werdenberg (Marschallin)
- Eleanor Steber
- Baron Ochs
- Otto Edelmann
- Sophie
- Laurel Hurley
- Faninal
- Ralph Herbert
- Annina
- Margaret Roggero
- Valzacchi
- Alessio De Paolis
- Italian Singer
- Nicolai Gedda
- Marianne
- Thelma Votipka
- Mahomet
- Marsha Warren
- Princess' Major-domo
- Robert Nagy
- Orphan
- Madelaine Chambers
- Orphan
- Emilia Cundari
- Orphan
- Helen Vanni
- Milliner
- Mildred Allen
- Animal Vendor
- Gabor Carelli
- Hairdresser
- Steve Wiland
- Notary
- Gerhard Pechner
- Leopold
- Rudolf Mayreder
- Faninal's Major-domo
- Charles Anthony
- Innkeeper
- Paul Franke
- Police Commissioner
- Osie Hawkins
- Conductor
- Karl Böhm
Review 1:
Review of Robert Sabin in Musical America
At this performance, the season's fifth, Eleanor Steber took the role of the Marschallin for the first time this season, and Nicolai Gedda was heard for the first time at the Metropolitan in the role of the Italian tenor.
Miss Steber had performed the tremendously difficult and brilliant title role of Samuel Barber's 'Vanessa" at the world premiere only three nights previously, so that it was understandable that she husbanded her resources at this performance. It was in the last act, in the glorious trio, that the familiar Steber voice came through in all its silvery radiance. Dramatically, too, she was at her best in this act.
Brief though it is, the role of the Singer in "Der Rosenkavalier" is supremely demanding. (The Hamburg Opera once approached Caruso to do it and desisted only when his fee proved too high for its resources.) I have never heard it sung with greater elegance or command than Mr. Gedda brought to it. Karl Boehm, who again conducted, should have given him a bit more leeway in tempo.
The rest of the cast was familiar, including Otto Edelmann. Mildred Miller, Laurel Hurley, Ralph Herbert, and a host of others, all excellent.
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- Karl Böhm [Conductor]
- Mildred Miller [Octavian]
- Eleanor Steber [Princess von Werdenberg (Marschallin)]
- Otto Edelmann [Baron Ochs]
- Laurel Hurley [Sophie]
- Ralph Herbert [Faninal]
- Margaret Roggero [Annina]
- Alessio De Paolis [Valzacchi]
- Nicolai Gedda [Italian Singer]
- Thelma Votipka [Marianne]
- Marsha Warren [Mahomet]
- Robert Nagy [Princess' Major-domo]
- Madelaine Chambers [Orphan]
- Emilia Cundari [Orphan]
- Helen Vanni [Orphan]
- Mildred Allen [Milliner]
- Gabor Carelli [Animal Vendor]
- Steve Wiland [Hairdresser]
- Gerhard Pechner [Notary]
- Rudolf Mayreder [Leopold]
- Charles Anthony [Faninal's Major-domo]
- Paul Franke [Innkeeper]
- Osie Hawkins [Police Commissioner]