

Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier @ Zurich Opera House (2025)
Opernhaus Zürich
Plot Summary
When Strauss and Hofmannsthal wrote «Der Rosenkavalier» – setting it in an imaginary Rococo Vienna and yet closely linked to the decadent fin de siècle – they created a profound social comedy. It is not without melancholy that the Marschallin lets her young lover Octavian go when he falls head over heels with Sophie, who hails from Faninal’s bourgeois household. As voluptuous as Strauss' score is, it contains tender moments of dream and melancholy. Director Lydia Steier stages Strauss’ opera according to an aesthetic concept by Austrian artist Gottfried Helnwein. Diana Damrau sings the Marschallin. Joana Mallwitz, chief conductor at the Konzerthaus Berlin, conducts the Orchester der Oper Zürich.
Full Cast & Characters

Diana Damrau
Die Feldmarschallin Fürstin Werdenberg

Günther Groissböck
Der Baron Ochs von Lerchenau

Bo Skovhus
Herr von Faninal

Angela Brower
Octavian

Emily Pogorelc
Sophie

Christiane Kohl
Jungfer Marianne Leitmetzerin

Irène Friedli
Annina

Nathan Haller
Valzacchi

Rebeca Olvera
Eine Modistin

Johan Krogius
Der Hausmeister der Feldmarschallin/Ein Wirt

Stanislav Vorobyov
Ein Polizeikommissar

Omer Kobiljak
Ein italienischer Sänger
Director & Crew
Lydia Steier
Director
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Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier @ Zurich Opera House was directed by Lydia Steier and released in 2025.
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Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier @ Zurich Opera House has a runtime of 3 hours and 49 minutes.
Movie Details
- Release Date
- 2025-09-21
- Status
- Released





