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Der Rosenkavalier, 12 July 1980

The Opera

Venue: Glyndebourne

Composer: Richard Strauss

Librettist: Hugo von Hofmannsthal

Conductor: Bernard Haitink

Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra

Cast

Octavian: Felicity Lott

The Feldmarschallin: Rachel Yakar

Major Domo: Hugh Hetherington

Baron Ochs auf Lerchenau: Donald Gramm

Valzacchi: John Fryatt

Annina: Nucci Condo

Singer: Dennis O'Neill

Herr von Faninal: Derek Hammond-Stroud

Mistress Marianne Leitmetzerin: Rae Woodland

Sophie: Krisztina Laki

Major Domo to Faninal: Bernard Dickerson

Landlord: Bernard Dickerson

Police Inspector: David Wilson Johnson

Notary: Paul Nemeer

Milliner: Deborah Rees

Animal Seller: Peter Richfield

Leopold: Richard Wales

Mohammed: Robert Hume

Noble Orphan: Roslyn Riley

Lackey: William Pool

Ochs' Servant: Paul Wilson

Lackey: Mark Curtis

Lackey: Hugh Davies

Lackey: Alan Oke

Noble Orphan: Christine Botes

Noble Orphan: Liza Hobbs

Ochs' Servant: Christopher Blades

Ochs' Servant: Roger Bryson

Ochs' Servant: Andrew Gallacher

Waiter: William Pool

Waiter: Mark Curtis

Waiter: Hugh Davies

Waiter: Alan Oke

Production Team

Original Producer: John Cox

Associate Producer: Robert Carsen

Set Designer: Erte

Costume Designer: Erte

Lighting Designer: Robert Bryan