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Buttressed by many strongly defined supporting performances, this is a much-needed hit for Covent Garden, rapturously and deservedly acclaimed. CD (Compact Disc) Der Rosenkavalier (Heritage) by Strauss / Orchestra of Royal Opera House / Davis 3 units. However lovely, elegant and, dare we say, rosy Richard Strauss’s most popular opera may be, as an opera house, you can soon find yourself in a thorny situation. Sophie Bevan makes a perfectly gorgeous Sophie and the excellent Matthew Rose is a memorably unpleasant Ochs – more vicious bully than rustic buffoon. Her Octavian Alice Coote is all boyish ardour, over the top when disguised as Mariandel and at times short of vocal polish. Now in the autumn of her career, Renee Fleming more than compensates for what she has lost in sheen and amplitude with richer grace and subtlety – her chastely sung Marschallin is supremely elegant and gently moving. 2007 In Fierrabras als Fierrabras (Zurich Opera House) 2008 In Carmen als Don José mit Anna Caterina Antonacci als Carmen (Royal Opera House) 2009 In Der Rosenkavalier als italienischer Sänger u. With a work that deals with love, loss and the passage of time, it seemed quite apposite for tonight’s performance of Der Rosenkavalier to mark Rene Fleming’s operatic farewell to London. Cast Marschallin, Renée Fleming / Octavian, Alice Coote / Sophie von Faninal, Sophie Bevan / Baron Ochs, Matthew Rose / Faninal, Jochen Schmeckenbe.
The orchestra, on terrific form, is put through its paces and must have been shattered by the end. It is also splendidly conducted by Andris Nelsons – once past that dratted hurly-burly prelude, he gives the score a brilliantly mercurial reading, alert to its delicacies of orchestration and virtuosic figuration.
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