Der Rosenkavalier
Director: Hedvig Almquist
Costume and Set designer: Serene Liu
Introduction
Der Rosenkavalier is a comic opera set in 18th-century Vienna; it follows the Marschallin, a noblewoman who has a young lover, Octavian. However, she realizes he will leave her for someone younger. Meanwhile, her cousin Baron seeks to marry the wealthy Sophie and entrusts Octavian as his “Rose Knight” to present a silver rose. Octavian and Sophie fall in love, and with the Marschallin’s help, she allows the young to be together
SET: Location: Europe
Time: 1910s-modern
Reason1: original opera written in 1910s,and the opera’s background is 1740s
Reason2:Octavian’s attitude towards love is really modern
Reason3: Marschallin worried about time, age
Reason 4: Octavian’s gender transition ,in opera he twice cross-dress as a woman
Research
Storyboard
Act 1
Act 2
Act 3
Face Sketch
Octavian
Sophie
Marschallin
Costume and set Sketch
Marschallin gets stuck by the furniture, symbolising that she is always worried, always anxious.
She is locked in unreal love; by her age, she worries her young lover will leave her as soon as possible.
Act 1
Act 1-2
Act 3
Act 4