Régine Crespin sang one of opera's most beloved heroines in Seattle Opera's first-ever production of the Richard Strauss masterpiece.

Régine Crespin (the Marschallin) in Strauss’s Der Rosenkavalier, 1969 © Des Gates

Régine Crespin (the Marschallin) and Michael Langdon (Baron Ochs) in Strauss’s Der Rosenkavalier, 1969 © Des Gates

Régine Crespin (the Marschallin) and Regina Sarfaty (Octavian) in Strauss’s Der Rosenkavalier, 1969 © Des Gates