Der Rosenkavalier Live In Cinemas Around The World
Lise’s performance as the Marschallin in Der Rosenkavalier, alongside a superb cast including Samantha Hankey as Octavian, Erin Morley as Sophie, Günther Groissböck as Baron Ochs, and conducted by Simone Young, will be screened Live In HD to cinemas around the world on April 15th 2023. More information can be found on the Met’s website: http://www.metopera.org/season/in-cinemas/2022-23-season/der-rosenkavalier/
The show has received fantastic reviews, with Joshua Barone in The New York Times, observing that “Throughout, Davidsen alternates between conversational restraint – enunciating each syllable of Hugo von Hofmannstal’s talky libretto with penetrating focus – and white-hot radiance. Her terms of endearment for Octavian emerge like a rising sun. And in the final trio her sustained high A on the word ‘glücklich’ (‘happy’) soars and crescendos to a glowing benediction for her lover’s new life with Sophie.”
In The Financial Times, Kevin Ng awarded the paper’s top score of five stars, describing Lise’s performance as a “magnificent role debut” and writing that she “unleashes opulent sound”.
David Wright, in the New York Classical Review, wrote that Lise “cut a splendid figure as the Marschallin, using her room-filling voice as a delicate instrument to explore the emotional nuances of Hugo von Hofmannsthal’s text in Richard Strauss’s setting, and keeping vocal power in reserve until the opera’s show-stopping final trio.”
If you’re in New York, or can get there, you can see the show at the Met on Tuesday April 4th,Friday April 7th, Tuesday April 11th, Saturday April 15th and Thursday April 20th. Buy your tickets here: http://www.metopera.org/season/2022-23-season/der-rosenkavalier/
If you’re not in New York, don’t miss the chance to see and hear this brilliant show on the big screen. Information on cinemas showing it near you can be found here: http://www.metopera.org/season/in-cinemas/
