Der Rosenkavalier | Your Reaction

Opera North's sumptuous production of Strauss' Der Rosenkavalier has opened! Der Rosenkavalier or ‘The Knight of the Rose’ is set in Vienna c.1740 among the revels of the aristocracy. It centres on four main characters: the Marschallin, a 30-something aristocrat trapped in an unhappy marriage, the 17-year-old Count Octavian with whom she is having a secret affair, her dim-witted cousin Baron Ochs, and Ochs’ fiancée, the young and beautiful Sophie. In the world of the opera, it is the (invented) tradition for a suitor to employ a young man to present a silver engagement rose to a young lady on his behalf. To this end, Count Octavian finds himself in Ochs' employ. Inevitably falling head-over-heels for Sophie, and her for him, together they must find a way to outwit the baron. Will they succeed, and will the Marschallin be able to yield Octavian to the younger woman? Here's what the opening night audience had to say about the show... Dates: Leeds Grand Theatre: 17, 24 & 30 Sep; 22 & 28 Oct Theatre Royal, Newcastle: 2 & 5 Nov The Lowry, Salford Quays: 9 & 12 Nov Theatre Royal, Nottingham: 16 & 19 Nov #ONRosenkavalier Find out more at https://www.operanorth.co.uk/producti...