A sophisticated older woman, a romantic chevalier, and a blooming young girl converge in an impossible love triangle around a single silver rose, set to the dreamiest melodies in opera. Will the Marschallin relinquish her lover and sacrifice herself to the toll of passing time, or protect her own heart and doom a young woman to a dowry marriage?
Friday, March 27th, 7:30 PM
Sunday, March 29th, 2:30 PM
Mahalia Jackson Theater
Meet the Stars
Amanda Majeski
Terence Blanchard, a six-time Grammy-winning trumpeter and composer, premiered Fire Shut Up in My Bones at the Metropolitan Opera in 2021. Known for his prolific work scoring Spike Lee films and powerful recordings like A Tale of God’s Will (A Requiem for Katrina), Blanchard remains a vital creative force deeply connected to jazz and the New Orleans musical tradition.
Ms. Majeski joins the New Orleans Opera as the leading lady of Der Rosenkavalier: the Marschallin.
Meredith Wohlgemuth
A winner of the 2023 Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition and graduate of the Juilliard School, soprano Meredith Wohlgemuth has built a reputation on US soil and abroad for her “pure sound that spreads through the hall like water in a river”. As a studio member of Staatsoper Hannover, she has made recent role debuts as Giulietta in Bellini’s I Capuleti e i Montecchi, Adina in Donizetti’s L’elisir d’amore, and Gretel in Humperdinck’s Hänsel und Gretel.
Ms. Wohlgemuth joins NOOA as Sophie in Der Rosenkavalier.