[Met Performance] CID:127390



Der Rosenkavalier
Metropolitan Opera House, Fri, December 29, 1939

Debut : Harriet Henders




Der Rosenkavalier (68)
Richard Strauss | Hugo von Hofmannsthal
Octavian
Ris? Stevens

Princess von Werdenberg (Marschallin)
Lotte Lehmann

Baron Ochs
Emanuel List

Sophie
Harriet Henders [Debut] [Debut and only performance]

Faninal
Julius Huehn

Annina
Doris Doe

Valzacchi
Karl Laufk?tter

Italian Singer
John Carter

Marianne
Dorothee Manski

Mahomet
Sari Montague

Princess' Major-domo
Lodovico Oliviero

Orphan
Natalie Bodanya

Orphan
Lucielle Browning

Orphan
Anna Kaskas

Milliner
Thelma Votipka

Animal Vendor
Giordano Paltrinieri

Hairdresser
Juan Casanova

Notary
Arnold Gabor

Leopold
Ludwig Burgstaller

Police Commissioner
Norman Cordon


Conductor
Erich Leinsdorf







Review 1:

Review of Miles Kastendieck in the Brooklyn Eagle

Harriet Henders Makes Her Debut

Appears as Sophie in "Der Rosenkavalier"

In one of the best all-round performances of opera this season Harriet Henders made her debut as Sophie in "Der Rosenkavalier" at the Metropolitan last night. She contributed to the general high standard of the performance by singing the role better than any of her predecessors since the recent revival of the opera. While her voice is light, it has a sweet, clear quality quite pleasing to the ear. But what was the more impressive was the fact that she appeared to know how to use it and to act her part as well. While somewhat plump in appearance, she was attractive. Credit her with a distinctly favorable impression.

As for the rest of the cast it was familiar, with Lotte Lehmann in her superb characterization of the Marschallin, Ris? Stevens a winning Octavian and Emanuel List the bumptious Baron Ochs. Mr. Leinsdorf conducted with more effectiveness; the music flowed more smoothly and more warmly. Perhaps it did not have quite the accent, but it had the authoritative stamp.



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