Richard Strauss (1864–1949)

Der Rosenkavalier, incidental music for the film of the same name by Robert Wiene (1926), version for chamber orchestra by Thomas Kemp and John Langley (2020) “Der Rosenkavalier” silent film: world premiere on 10 January 1926, Semperoper Dresden
Conductor: Richard Strauss, Director: Robert Wiene, Screenplay: Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Louis Nerz, Robert Wiene, Costumes & Set Design: Alfred Roller, Stefan Wessely, Hans Rouc. Performers: œnm . Austrian Ensemble for New Music, Johannes Kalitzke. Conductor

Say it in a roundabout way

Ochs, that Ochs, wakes up in his castle. The Marschallin, that kind-hearted soul, dreams herself back to her girlhood, when she first met the Field Marshal. And him? In the thick of battle, he thinks of the Marschallin with a passionate heart… The silent film by ‘Caligari’ director Robert Wiene, based on ‘Der Rosenkavalier’ from 1926, brings quite a few surprises to the screen. We are all familiar with Hugo von Hofmannsthal’s and Richard Strauss’s most popular stage work. But the film offers exciting new perspectives; indeed, Hofmannsthal expanded the story, introducing scenes and characters that are at most merely mentioned in the opera. Join us for this unique, famous love story and its sequel, and enjoy the immortal music of Richard Strauss, presented in a tailor-made salon version that is perfectly suited to the courtly atmosphere: transparent, sometimes veiled, sometimes brutally open. For “time is a strange thing”. Yes, everything – youth and old age – has its time – and its wonderful moments.

Artist talk at 6.30 pm in the Hallein cinema auditorium, duration: approx. 1 hour and 40 minutes without an interval

Cost: EUR 25 (young people up to 25 years old: EUR 15), Ö1 discount EUR 2 / max. 2 tickets (discounts available at the box office upon presentation of ID)