Awww...that's sweet, WithoutATrace. Which leads me to...
So Der Rosenkavelier was EX-quisite, as the Brits pronounce it. An older woman relinquishes her love for a younger man so that he can pursue a more age-appropriate relationship. But first she spends the better part of the first act f**king his brains out in a large fluffy bed.
And--here's the best part for you aficionados of Secret Girl-on-Girl love (and we know who you are)--since the younger man is played by a woman, you get to watch two (fairly) attractive women rolling around in bed singing Richard Strauss. And they REALLY get into it at one point.
Seriously, it is beyond beautiful. The three women were magnificent: Susan Graham, Laura Aikin and, especially, a German soprano I'd never heard of named Angela Denoke, who sang the Marschallin with perfect dignity.
Updated On: 3/19/05 at 01:09 AM