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Der Rosenkavalier, 18 July 1982

The Opera

Venue: Glyndebourne

Composer: Richard Strauss

Librettist: Hugo von Hofmannsthal

Conductor: Simon Rattle

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: Pietro Ballo

Herr von Faninal: Derek Hammond-Stroud

Mistress Marianne Leitmetzerin: Rae Woodland

Sophie: Deborah Rees

Major Domo to Faninal: Peter Jeffes

Landlord: Peter Jeffes

Police Inspector: Andrew Gallacher

Notary: Roger Bryson

Milliner: Rosamund Illing

Animal Seller: Alan Duffield

Leopold: Richard Wales

Mohammed: Robert Hume

Noble Orphan: Eileen Hulse

Lackey: Christopher Thornton-Holmes

Ochs' Servant: Christopher Ross

Lackey: Nicholas Buxton

Lackey: Philip Creasy

Lackey: Hugh Davies

Noble Orphan: Christine Botes

Noble Orphan: Jane Findlay

Ochs' Servant: Michael Carlyle

Ochs' Servant: Christopher Blades

Ochs' Servant: Stephen Rhys-Williams

Waiter: Christopher Thornton-Holmes

Waiter: Nicholas Buxton

Waiter: Philip Creasy

Waiter: Hugh Davies

Production Team

Original Producer: John Cox

Set Designer: Erte

Costume Designer: Erte

Lighting Designer: Keith Benson

Revival Producer: Robert Carsen