Strauss Der Rosenkavalier (2000)

Among the greatest operas in Richard Strausss oeuvre Der Rosenkavalier The Cavalier of the Rose spins the tale of the Marschallin Elizabeth Whitehouse a dowager struggling with old age Making the transition more difficult is Octavian Ildiko Komlosi a lover many years her junior This 1997 Palermo production under the baton of maestro Pier Luigi Pizzi costars Daniel Lewis Williams as Baron Ochs the Marschallins obnoxious cousin