Great Performances · SEASON 51
Great Performances at the Met: Der Rosenkavalier
Episode 1 · 2023-09-10

- Comedy
- Documentary
- Drama
Episode overview
Strauss’s grand Viennese comedy includes soprano Lise Davidsen as the aging Marschallin, opposite mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard as her lover Octavian and soprano Erin Morley as Sophie, the beautiful younger woman who steals his heart. Bass Günther Groissböck returns as the churlish Baron Ochs, and Markus Brück is Sophie’s wealthy father, Faninal. Maestro Simone Young takes the Met podium to oversee Robert Carsen’s staging. Deborah Voigt hosts.
Season 51 episodes
1. Great Performances at the Met: Der Rosenkavalier2023-09-10
2. Great Performances at the Met: Don Giovanni2023-10-01
3. New York City Ballet in Madrid2023-10-27
4. Message In A Bottle2023-11-03
5. Great Performances at the Met: Champion2023-11-05
6. Making Shakespeare: The First Folio2023-11-17
7. Great Performances at the Met: Die Zauberflöte2023-12-10
8. From Vienna: The New Year’s Celebration 20242024-01-01
9. Great Performances at the Met: The Life and Times of Malcolm X2024-02-04
10. The LA Phil Celebrates Frank Gehry2024-02-16
11. George Jones: Still Playin’ Possum2024-02-23
12. Great Performances at the Met: Dead Man Walking2024-03-15
13. Great Performances at the Met: Florencia en el Amazonas2024-04-07
14. Now Hear This2024-04-12
15. Now Hear This2024-04-19
16. Now Hear This2024-04-26
17. Now Hear This2024-05-03
18. Great Performances at the Met: Nabucco2024-05-05
19. Hamlet2024-05-10
20. Audra McDonald at the London Palladium2024-05-17
21. Purlie Victorious2024-05-24
22. Rodgers & Hammerstein's 80th Anniversary2024-05-31