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The Semperoper caused a sensation in November 2007 when it visited Japan for the first time in twenty-six years. The demand for tickets and the audience's enthusiasm were unprecedented, not least because the company was staging a piece that is performed more authentically in Dresden than anywhere else in the world: Richard Strauss' Der Rosenkavalier, which received its first performance in Dresden in 1911. Leading the ensemble was the radiant-voiced and profoundly thoughtful Marschallin of Anne Schwanewilms.
Directed by Uwe Eric Laufenberg

Anne Schwanewilms
Marschallin

Sabine Brohm
Valzacchi

Hans-Joachim Ketelsen
Faninal

Maki Mori
Sophie

Kurt Rydl
Baron Ochs

Anke Vondung
Octavian
Salome
1997