OPERA OPERA OPERA!!
Der Rosenkavelier was wonderful. The costumes were exquisite, the sets were ornate, and the music was mind blowing. The ending was sad but beautiful. The voices were gorgeous and carried all throughout the theater, and the singers played their characters perfectly.
The ending of the opera was bittersweet. It was beautiful but also sad. The Marshallin gives up Octavian, her love, so that he can be with Sophia. She doesn’t want Sophia to end up married to a disgusting older man whom she does not love, like the Marshallin had to at her age. She’s giving up love so that the person she loves can be happy and to change the fate of a young woman whom she knows nothing about. This act of selflessness is moving and sad, although the lovers are happy to finally be together. It’s a beautiful contrast that was executed perfectly.
