Opera Scotland

Rosenkavalier 1931Covent Garden Opera

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This excellent cast was a proper display of the company's strength in depth, as any performance of Rosenkavalier must be.  So not only were there excellent principals as the Marschallin,  Octavian,  Sophie and Ochs,  but Faninal,  Annina and  Valzacchi were also in experienced hands.  We even see Philip Bertram and Frances Frost as the Notary and First Orphan - short but important roles in the Act 1 levée scene.  In control of all was the great Barbirolli in the pit.

Cast from a programme in the Edinburgh City Library collection.