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Your Reaction: What did you think of Strauss's Der Rosenkavalier?
Renée Fleming as The Marschallin in Der Rosenkavalier, The Royal Opera © 2016 ROH. Photograph by Catherine Ashmore #ROHRosenkavalier @RoyalOperaHouse totally incred eve, beaut prod & singing from...
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In this clip, filmmaker Felipe Sanguinetti offers an exclusive glimpse behind the scenes on Robert Carsen's new Royal Opera production of Richard Strauss's Der Rosenkavalier, as well as revealing...
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Der Rosenkavalier musical highlight: ‘Hab mir’s gelobt’
Andris Nelsons © 2016 Marco Borggreve. Photo by Marco Borggreve Composer Richard Strauss saw the trio ‘Hab mir’s gelobt’ as Der Rosenkavalier's emotional highpoint. He loved this particular composition...
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Waltzing down the years: the powerful symbolism of Vienna's defining dance
Court Ball at the Hofburg by Wilhelm Gause, 1900 One of the most enduring images of Vienna is of a city that waltzes. Elegantly dressed couples whirl around the ballroom as an orchestra plays something...
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Girls being boys being girls: a short history of opera’s trouser roles
Matthew Rose as Baron Ochs and Alice Coote as Octavian in Der Rosenkavalier, The Royal Opera © 2016 ROH. Photograph by Catherine Ashmore The trouser (or breeches) role – a young male character sung by...
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10 of the greatest bass-baritone roles
Kyle Ketelsen as Escamillo in Carmen © ROH / Catherine Ashmore 2008 The bass-baritone voice may have only been officially categorized in the late 19th century, but from Classical opera to the present...
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Renée Fleming, Così fan tutte and 4.48 Psychosis nominated for Olivier Awards...
Renée Fleming as The Marschallin in Der Rosenkavalier, The Royal Opera © 2016 ROH. Photograph by Catherine Ashmore The nominations for the Olivier Awards 2017 have been announced. The ceremony will...
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10 of opera's greatest bass roles
René Pape as Méphistophélès in Faust, The Royal Opera © ROH/Catherine Ashmore, 2011 Opera’s lowest male voice type is used to explore the best and worst in human nature, from murderous villainy to...
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Why opera isn't all tragedies and trauma
Alessandro Corbelli as Sulpice in La fille du régiment © ROH/Bill Cooper Italian opera is all doom and gloom, ill-starred lovers and gruesome deaths: La traviata, La bohème, Tosca… Or is it? From...
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Your Reaction: What did you think of Verdi's Falstaff 2018?
Bryn Terfel as Sir John Falstaff in Falstaff, The Royal Opera © 2018 ROH. Photograph by Catherine Ashmore Brilliant performances by everyone at #ROHFalstaff tonight. Love the production! — Maria Thomas...
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