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
WriterHugo von Hofmannsthal