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Der Rosenkavalier videos
by Cool Cleveland
Malin Hartelius
Cleveland Orchestra soprano
Malin Hartelius has experience with Richard Strauss, and especially with
Der Rosenkavalier. After all, she performed the work with Franz Welser-Most and the Vienna State Opera recently. In The Cleveland Orchestra's upcoming Spring Festival, she'll be performing the role of Sophie with the Cleveland Orchestra reuniting with Welser-Most and stage director Sven-Eric Bechtolf. Besides performing roles with The Cleveland Orchestra in 2002 and 2004, she has made regular appearances at the Zurich Opera, including the role of Pamina in
The Magic Flute, Estrella in Schubert's
Alfonso und Estrella, Konstanze in
The Abduction from the Seraglio, Donna Elvira in
Don Giovianni, and, of course, Sophie in
Der Rosenkavalier. She spoke with
Cool Cleveland's Thomas Mulready prior to a recent rehearsal about her international experiences, her upbringing in Sweden, and her opinion of The Cleveland Orchestra and Severance Hall.
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Andrea Chenoweth
Cleveland Orchestra soprano
Andrea Chenoweth is on her way to being a superstar opera singer. She's a two-time regional finalist in the Metropolitan Opera National Council auditions, and she has appeared with the Cleveland Orchestra, the Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra, Cleveland Opera, Lyric Opera Cleveland, the Dayton Opera, the Springfield Symphony, and the Bach Society of Dayton. She's also performed the role of Madeline in the Ohio professional premiere of Philip Glass's
The Fall of the House of Usher and Pitti-Sing in
The Mikado with Lyric Opera Cleveland, and has performed
The Doll Song from Offenbach's
Les Contes de Hoffman with The Cleveland Orchestra. A Shaker Heights resident, she earned a Masters of Music in Voice from the Cleveland Institute of Music. Andrea spoke with
Cool Cleveland's Thomas Mulready just prior to a rehearsal for
Der Rosenkavalier recently, and they discussed her background, what it's like to sing with the fabulous Cleveland Orchestra, and her day job at Starbucks.
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Sven-Eric Bechtolf
Stage Director, Der Rosenkavalier
Sven-Eric Bechtolf has made his mark as an actor in Germany, winning the "Nestroy" Award for best actor of the year, and has worked with some of the biggest names in modern theatre, such as Ruth Berghaus and Robert Wilson. He has also previously worked with Cleveland Orchestra Music Director Franz Welser-Most as stage director on
Der Rosenkavalier in a wonderful production with the Zurich Opera House Orchestra, roles which will be repeated in their collaboration on that venerable Richard Strauss masterpiece during the upcoming Spring Festival featuring
Richard Strauss: His Life ~ His Inspirations May 31 through June 9. Bechtolf talks on camera with
Cool Cleveland's Thomas Mulready about his brilliant acting career, why he wants to change his name to Sven Ericson, and what it's like to collaborate with Robert Wilson, Franz Welser-Most and what he calls "the best orchestra in the world."
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Perry Lorenzo
Opera expert lectures on Strauss
Perry Lorenzo insists he's no expert, just a fan, but he is internationally recognized as an authority on opera. From his perch as the Director of Education at the Seattle Opera, Lorenzo produces over 200 education events a year, and he lectures around the world in Chicago, New York, San Francisco, and at the Richard Wagner Festival in Bayreuth and the Berlin Wagner Festival. In fact, it was his love of Wagner that led him to the music of Richard Strauss, whose life and inspirations are being celebrated by The Cleveland Orchestra with their Spring Festival, featuring a concert performance of the monumental opera
Der Rosenkavalier, and
Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks, a rehearsal of which can be heard in the background as
Cool Cleveland's Thomas Mulready interviews Lorenzo at Severance Hall. Lorenzo lectures for free on at 7PM in Reinberger Chamber Hall, just before the Orchestra's performances of
Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks on 5/31 & 6/2, and he previews
Der Rosenkavalier on 6/1, a lecture he repeats at 7PM at the Westlake Porter Public Library on 6/4, and again on 6/5 at the Beachwood Branch of the Cuyahoga County Public Library.
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