Der Rosenkavalier (The Knight of the Rose), an opera in three acts by Richard Strauss, libretto by Hugo von Hoffmansthal. Performed in Munich by the Bavarian National Opera and Orchestra, Carlos Kleiber, conductor. With Gwyneth Jones (Princess von Werdenberg), Brigitte Fassbaender (Octavian), Lucia Popp (Sophie), Annelie Waas (Marianne), Gudrun Wewezow (Annina), Manfred Jungwirth (Baron von Lerchenau), Benno Kusche (Herr von Faninal), David Thaw (Valzacchi). Staged by Otto Schenk, sets and costumes by Jürgen Rose.