Photo Flash: First Look at Renee Fleming and Elina Garanca in Strauss's DER ROSENKAVALIER at The Met

The dream cast of Renée Fleming as the Marschallin and El?na Garan?a as Octavian star in Strauss's grandest opera, Der Rosenkavalier, April 13-May 13. In his new production, Robert Carsen, the director behind the Met's recent Falstaff, places the action at the end of the Habsburg Empire, underscoring the opera's subtext of class and conflict against a rich backdrop of gilt and red damask, in a staging that also stars Günther Groissböck as Baron Ochs. Sebastian Weigle conducts the sparklingly perfect score.

Get a first look at the cast in action below!

Production a gift of Howard Solomon and Sarah Billinghurst Solomon

For more information, visit: http://www.metopera.org/season/2016-17-season/rosenkavalier-strauss-tickets/

Photo Credit: Jonathan Tichler/Metropolitan Opera

Renee Fleming
Renee Fleming
Elina Garanca and Company
Elina Garanca
Renee Fleming and Elina Garanca