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Viennese splendour in Garsington Opera’s Rosenkavalier revival

Niamh O'Sullivan (Octavian), Matilda Sterby (the Marschallin) and Andreas Bauer Kanabas (Baron Ochs)
© Julian Guidera
Soraya Mafi (Sophie) and Niamh O'Sullivan (Octavian)
© Julian Guidera
Andreas Bauer Kanabas (Baron Ochs) and ensemble
© Julian Guidera
Matilda Sterby (the Marschallin)
© Julian Guidera
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“Gary McCann’s designs serve this complex work well, as does the lighting of them by Malcolm Rippeth”
Reviewed at Garsington Opera, High Wycombe on 28 May 2026
Strauss R., Der Rosenkavalier
Garsington Opera
Finnegan Downie Dear, Conductor
Bruno Ravella, Director
Gary McCann, Set Designer, Costume Designer
Malcolm Rippeth, Lighting Designer
Garsington Opera Chorus
Matilda Sterby, Feldmarschallin
Niamh O'Sullivan, Octavian
Andreas Bauer Kanabas, Baron Ochs
Soraya Mafi, Sophie
Ben McAteer, Herr von Faninal
Gweneth-Ann Rand, Marianne
Robert Murray, Valzacchi
Siân Griffiths, Annina
Egor Zhuravskii, Italian Singer
Simon Wilding, Police inspector
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