2006/2007 Season Opera
[New Production]

Richard Strauss : DER ROSENKAVALIER

OPERA HOUSE

Die Feldemarschallin	:	Camilla Nylund
Der Baron Ochs auf Lerchenau	:	Peter Rose
Octavian	:	Elena Zhidkova
Herr von Faninal	:	Georg Tichy
Sophie	:	Ofelia Sala
Marianne	:	Tanaka Misayo
Valzacchi	:	Takahashi Jun
Annina	:	Seto Yuko
Ein Polizeikommissar	:	Tsumaya Hidekazu
Der Haushofmeister bei Feldemarschallin	:	Akitani Naoyuki
Der Haushofmeister bei Faninal	:	Idane Yasuhiko
Ein Notar	:	Hare Masahiko
Ein Wirt	:	Kamoshita Minoru
Ein Sänger	:	Mizuguchi Satoshi
Eine Modistin	:	Kinoshita Shuko
Ein Tierhändler	:	Aochi Hideyuki
Leopold	:	Sannohe Hirohisa
Chorus	:	New National Theatre Chorus
Children Chorus	:	NHK Tokyo Children Chorus
Orchestra	:	Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra

June 2007	6	9	12	15	17	20
	Wed	Sat	Tue	Fri	Sun	Wed
2:00		X			X	X
5:00	X
6:00			X	X

Doors will open 45 minutes before the opening of the performance.

	S	A	B	C	D	Z
Price(yen)	23,100	18,900	12,600	7,350	4,200	1,500

The sweet dalliance of a beautiful and proud field marshal's wife and her young lover, the passage of time and the fading of her beauty, and finally, her blessings on the union of the young couple�c. This masterpiece, which depicts with subtle psychological detail the amorous adventures and scheming of Viennese high society, is filled with some of the most extravagantly beauty and sweetest melancholy in all of opera. Famous scenes include the waltzes in each act, the "Presentation of the Rose" duet, the soprano trio "That which I vowed," and more. The entire opera is a feast for the eyes and ears.

The Marschallin (field marshal's wife) is dallying with her lover, the young count Octavian, while the field marshal is away. It comes about that Octavian is asked to deliver a silver rose to the Sophie, the fiancée of Baron Ochs (the Marschallin's cousin) as a token of the Baron's engagement-but the young couple fall in love at first sight. Ochs challenges Octavian to a duel, but ends up making an immense fuss when he is barely scratched; meanwhile, he is duped by a phony love letter delivered to him by Octavian in women's clothing, and in the end his engagement to Sophie is broken off. The Marschallin sees the love of the young couple and as she makes her exit, gives them her blessing.