Der Rosenkavalier

On April 13, 1968, the production celebrated its premiere at Haus am Ring - with Leonard Bernstein conducting, Christa Ludwig in the role of the Marschallin and Walter Berry as Ochs. For the revival in December 2010, director Otto Schenk personally breathed new life into his production with stage designs by Rudolf Heinrich. The director: "Everything I invent in a production, I invent thanks to those with whom I am allowed to work. Whereby Der Rosenkavalier is a very 'given' work. Much is predetermined by the music and text and only needs to be reproduced. There is a rococo milieu that is patinated by Art Nouveau; there is an (invented) language that has to be used very realistically. And there are moments when the pure beauty really degenerates. In my five productions of this opera, I have always tried to fulfill these conditions, it was never my style to invent something contrary - I don't have that talent."