NCPA Opera - Der Rosenkavalier

Published on Mar 22, 2017

NCPA Opera - Der Rosenkavalier

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Genre: NCPA

Dates: June 7-10, 2017

Venue: Opera House of NCPA

Prices: 100, 280, 380, 550, 600, 680, 880


Features: Der Rosenkavalier is one of Richard Strauss' best known operas. From June 7th to June 10th 2017, the NCPA production of Der Rosenkavalier will be performed at Opera House of NCPA in Beijing.


BRIEF INTRODUCTION

Der Rosenkavalier (The Knight of the Rose or The Rose-Bearer), is a comic opera in three acts by Richard Strauss to an original German libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal. It is loosely adapted from the novel Les amours du chevalier de Faublas by Louvet de Couvrai and Moliere’s comedy Monsieur de Pourceaugnac. It was first performed at the Konigliches Opernhaus in Dresden on 26 January 1911 under the direction of Max Reinhardt, Ernst von Schuch conducting.


The opera has four main characters: the aristocratic Marschallin, her very young lover Count Octavian Rofrano, her coarse cousin Baron Ochs and Ochs' prospective fiancee Sophie von Faninal, daughter of a rich bourgeois. At the Marschallin's suggestion Ochs gets Octavian to act as his Rosenkavalier and present the ceremonial silver rose to Sophie. But when Octavian meets Sophie they fall in love at first sight. By a comic intrigue they get rid of Ochs with the help of the Marschallin, who then yields Octavian to the younger woman.


NCPA Opera - Der Rosenkavalier

Gilbert Deflo Director
Gilbert Deflo was born in Belgium in 1944. He graduated from Institut National Supérieur des Arts du spectacle et des techniques de diffusion (INSAS), and advanced his studies at Piccolo Teatro di Milano with famous director Giorgio Strehler. Deflo directed L'Amour des trois oranges, his first work in Frankfurt. As a resident director of Théatre Royal de la Monnaie, Deflo directed many different works during the period from 1981 to 1989. In 1989, he began his career in Italy and traveled around Palermo, Catania, Macerata and Milan. His productions included Carmen, Tosca, Falstaff, etc. Deflo is also an active director on the international stage. He had directed Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Danse macabre, Pelleas et Melisande in Hamburg, Die Frau Ohne Schatten in The Welsh National Opera, Aida in Scottish Opera, The Queen of Spades in Barcelona, etc. He produced many baroque operas, such as L'incoronazione di Poppea, Nostos Il Ritorno in Montpellier, Croesus in Berlin, etc.


His recent productions include Semiramide in Théatre des Champs-élysées, Cavalleria rusticana, Pagliacci in Arena di Verona, Manon Lescaut in Cagliari, etc. He was the director of NCPA's production of Verdi's Nabucco in 2014.


NCPA Opera - Der Rosenkavalier

SYNOPSIS
Act one of Der Rosenkavalier opens in the boudoir of the Marschallin, Princess Marie Therese. The morning sun streams through the windows, and the Marschallin (whose husband is away on a hunt) is joined in her enormous bed by her young lover Octavian. On hearing a young servant boy bringing chocolate for the princess, Octavian dives behind bed curtains until the child departs.


The Marschallin and Octavian resume cuddling momentarily, until another unexpected intrusion. As Octavian again goes for cover, the Marschallin's cousin, the Baron von Ochs enters, trailed by several footmen. Ochs has come to follow up on a letter he has sent to the Marschallin, which she has not bothered to read. She tactfully extracts the details - the Baron is engaged to a young Sophie von Faninal, the daughter of a nouveau riche arms dealer. In exchange for the Baron's title, the Faninal family will bring to his impoverished estate a handsome dowry (hence the title of the opera, which translates to "the rose bearer"). The Baron has come to his cousin to suggest a suitable candidate to present the customary silver rose for his betrothed and her family.


Octavian, meanwhile, has come out of hiding in the dress of a lady's maid, "Mariandel," and catches the ever-wandering eye of the Baron. The Baron flirts shamelessly with the disguised Octavian, inviting her (or him) to dinner, and brags about his amorous exploits, one of which resulted in the birth of an illegitimate son, Leopold, who serves as his personal servant. The Marschallin deceptively explains that Mariandel is also a bastard child, the sister of Octavian, Count Rofrano, hoping to keep her lover in the picture. Since the families are related, she suggests his services as the Rose Bearer......


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BOOKING INFORMATION

Online Tickets Booking Available now!

Children under 1.2m are NOT admitted!

Tickets can't returned or changed once sold!

TICKET PRICES

  • 100
  • 280
  • 380
  • 550
  • 600
  • 680
  • 880

Prices are in RMB (“×” Sold Tickets), Include Booking Fees

DELIVERY & PAYMENT

Please booking tickets online or sales@theatrebeijing.com. After your reservation is confirmed, our staff will delivery (Free service) the tickets to your address(only in Beijing), you could pay cash(RMB) or credit card.

VENUE GUIDE

Opera House of Beijing National Grand Theatre

Opera House of NCPA

West of Tiananmen Square, Beijing

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