The Met Orchestra Plays Strauss

26 Aug 2026, Royal Albert Hall

19:00 Wed 26 Aug 2026 Next Event

19:00 Wed 26 Aug 2026 Royal Albert Hall

The Metropolitan Opera’s Met Orchestra and Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin present a sumptuous all-Strauss programme that includes the final scene of the composer’s Salome, performed with celebrated South African soprano Elza van den Heever

Programme

- - Richard Strauss
  - Der Rosenkavalier – suite(26 mins)arr. attrib. A. Rodziński
  - Salome(18 mins)final scene
- - interval
- - Richard Strauss
  - Ein Heldenleben(46 mins)

Performers

Elza van den Heever
soprano
soprano
The Met Orchestra
Yannick Nézet‐Séguin
conductor
conductor

Composers

Richard Strauss

About This Event

A long-awaited Proms debut for the Metropolitan Opera’s Met Orchestra – praised for its ‘white-hot musical drama’ – under Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin. A sumptuous all-Strauss programme includes a suite from Der Rosenkavalier – a ravishing homage to Vienna’s golden age – as well as the autobiographical drama of Ein Heldenleben – a striving, battling ‘Hero’s Life’ brought to vivid orchestral life. Celebrated South African soprano Elza van den Heever joins the orchestra for the final scene of the composer’s Salome – a searing centrepiece for one of the world’s great opera orchestras.

Recorded for broadcast on BBC TV and BBC iPlayer