Metropolitan Opera Announces Cast Change For DER ROSENKAVALIER 10/22

Edo de Waart will conduct Der Rosenkavalier on October 22, replacing Jens Georg Bachmann who is ill. De Waart has conducted the season's previous three performances of the Strauss opera stepping in for James Levine, who underwent surgery for a herniated disk.

Der Rosenkavalier features Renée Fleming as the Marschallin, Susan Graham as Octavian, Miah Persson as Sophie, Ramón Vargas as the Italian Singer, Hans-Joachim Ketelsen as Faninal, and Kristinn Sigmundsson as Baron Ochs.

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