03.10.2021

DAVID STEFFENS als Ochs auf Lerchenau in Stuttgart

Richard Strauss‘ "comedy for music" had its world premiere in 1911. The opera is set amongst the contradicting attitudes that result from the “fin de siècle” atmosphere at the turn of the 20th century and the musical delight that is finely expressed by the "Viennese waltz". It narrates a story of peoples' dreams and farewells – and of the necessity for everybody to having to confront the timeless fear of old age and decay. David Steffens, who could be heard this summer as Quasimodo in Franz Schmidt's Notre Dame in St. Gallen and as Leporello at the Salzburg Festival, will make his Stuttgart role debut as Ochs auf Lerchenau with which he already appeared at the Chemnitz Theatre. 

Cast

Simone Schneider, Feldmarschallin
David Steffens, Baron Ochs auf Lerchenau
Diana Haller, Octavian
Paweł Konik, Herr von Faninal
Beate Ritter, Sophie
Torsten Hofmann, Valzacchi
Carole Wilson, Annina
Heinz Göhrig, Haushofmeister der Marschallin / Haushofmeister bei Faninal / Ein Wirt
Kai Kluge, Ein Sänger
Torben Jürgens, Ein Polizeikommissar / Ein Notar
Christiane Kohl, Jungfer Marianne Leitmetzerin
Kinderchor der Oper Stuttgart

Mit Mitglieder des Staatsopernchores, Musiker*innen des Staatsorchesters Stuttgart

Cornelius Meister, conductor
Manuel Pujol, chorus master
Bernhard Moncado, children's choir