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RICHARD STRAUSS : Der Rosenkavalier. Comedy for Music in three acts by Hugo von Hofmannsthal. First performed Dresden, Königliches Opernhaus, 26 January 1911. Conductor : Ernst von Schuch. Producer : Georg Toller. Designer : Alfred Roller.
The Marschallin : Margarethe Siems
Baron Ochs von Lerchenau : Carl Perron
Octavian : Eva von der Osten
Faninal : Karl Scheidemantel
Sophie : Minnie Nast
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IGOR STRAVINSKY : Petrushka. Scènes burlesques en 4 tableaux by Igor Stravinsky and Alexandre Benois. First performed Paris, Théâtre du Châtelet, 13 June 1911 (Diaghilev season). Conductor : Pierre Monteux. Choreographer : Michel Fokine. Designer : Alexandre Benois.
The Ballerina : Tamara Karsavina
Petrushka : Vaslav Nijinsky
The Moor : Alexandre Orlov
The Old Showman : Enrico Ceccheti.
GUSTAV MAHLER : Das Lied von der Erde. Symphony for tenor and contralto (baritone) soloists and orchestra after Hans Bethge's Die chinesische Flöte. First performed Munich, 20 November 1911. Conductor : Bruno Walter. William Miller (tenor), Sarah Charles-Cahier (contralto).