Strauss’s musically ravishing comic masterpiece is given a visual updating in director Richard Jones’s stylish and ‘gently subversive’ Glyndebourne staging, one which offers ‘a dreamlike distortion not just of Vienna’s 18th-century past, but also of everything we know about reality’ (Financial Times). Created to mark the 150th centenary of the composer’s birth, the production is packed with energy and wit, its impeccable stagecraft by no means detracting from the first class singing which underpins, among others, Tara Erraught’s ‘touching’ (Guardian) performance as Octavian, Kate Royal’s ‘most graceful of Marschallins’ and Lars Woldt’s ‘pitch-perfect’ Baron Ochs (Sunday Telegraph). Conductor Robin Ticciati brings clarity and detail to the score, infusing the music with spirit and humanity.

Extra Features: Robin Ticciati - Taking the Baton, The Trio, Sights and Smells of a Production and a cast gallery.

Running time: 191 minutes

Subtitles: EN/FR/DE/JP/KO

Sound format: Dolby stereo/DTS Surround (DVD) / LPCM stereo

Artists

Tara Erraught (Octavian), Kate Royal (The Marschallin), Teodora Gheorghiu (Sophie), Lars Woldt (Baron Ochs auf Lerchenau), Michael Kraus (Herr von Faninal), Miranda Keys (Marianne Leitmetzerin), Christopher Gillett (Valzacchi) & Helene Schneiderman (Annina)

London Philharmonic Orchestra & The Glyndebourne Chorus, Robin Ticciati (conductor) & Richard Jones (stage director)