Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier (1997) Rating: Starring: Pietro Ballo, Ildiko Komlosi, David Pittman-Jennings, Desiree Rancatore, Elizabeth Whitehouse, Daniel Lewis Williams Director: Pier Luigi Pizzi Category: Music, Drama Studio: Image Ent. Subtitles: English Length: 202 mins Want to buy?           Orchestra Of The Massimo Theatre, Palermo Der Rosenkavalier (The Cavalier of the Rose) is the most important opera by Richard Strauss, as well as one of his most enduring and light-hearted.Matched with Strauss's glorious music is Hugo Von Hofmannsthal's libretto, considered a literary masterpiece because of his great ability to create characters in amazing detail. This sublime comedy, which debuted in Dresden in 1911, features the ecstasy and agony of young love, amorous scheming and hilarious sexual confusion in a bygone Vienna. This excellent production features one of the world's greatest opera directors, Pier Luigi Pizzi, and a German cast that includes the renowned Ildiko Komlosi in the title role.