Pictures from Der Rosenkavalier

Leave it to Open Office to not know how to insert pictures to a doc file. Anyway, here are the stills for my Der Rosenkavalier paper.

Brief summary: A princess named Marschallin has an affair with a younger man. The princess feels old and thinks the young man will leave her. The princess' cousin, the Baron, almost discovers the affair when he visits to announce his own wedding. The young man disguises himself as a maid, and proceeds to be goosed and harassed by the Baron. Their secret affair is safe, and the princess wants Octavian (the young man) to be master of ceremonies at the Baron's wedding. The Baron is a terrible person who wants to sleep with everyone. His young bride, Sophie, is virtuous and kind. When Octavian and the young bride (Sophie) meet, they fall in love. A plot develops to free Sophie of her horrible marriage to the lecherous Baron.

Watch it! It's gorgeous.

Marschallin and Octavian are having an affair.
(Kiri Te Kanawa and Anne Howells)
(Yes, the boy is a woman.)

Marschallin laughs as the Baron seduces her "maid".
(Kiri Te Kanawa, Aage Haughland, and Anne Howells.)

Der Rosenkavalier (Octavian) gives the silver rose to the Baron's new bride.

The Baron, on a date with the "maid" (Octavian). A scary spectre in the wall!
(Yes, the woman who's playing a boy is now disguised as a woman.)

The ghosts are haunting the Baron!

Marschallin gives Octavian and Sophie her blessing.
(Barbara Bonney, Kiri Te Kanawa, and Anne Howells.)