Der Rosenkavalier | Opera review

Royal Opera House, LondonJohn Schlesinger's production of Der Rosenkavalier, first mounted for Georg Solti's Covent Garden return in 1984, hits its silver jubilee this month. The sets look their age and some of the busier scenes have become jumbled, but the handling of the relationships in this Andrew Sinclair revival is anything but jaded. At its heart is a clash of sexually charged Viennese egos. The volatility between the ageing Marschallin and her young lover Octavian is palpable. Octavian a...

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