In his new production, Robert Carsen places the action at the end of the Habsburg Empire, underscoring the opera’s subtext of class and conflict against a rich backdrop of gilt and red damask
as The Marschallin
as Octavian
as Baron Ochs
as Leopold
as Annina
as Mohammed
as Valzacchi
as Herr von Faninal
as Sophie
as Marianne Leitmetzerin