Der Rosenkavalier is a comedic romance that revolves around the intricacies of marriage, the power dynamics between men and women, and the beauty of opera. Set in Germany, the story follows the lives of several characters as they navigate love, desire, and societal expectations.

Jordan, a famous criminal lawyer, will only represent clients, of whose innocence he is convinced (must be financially not-too-well-off). One day, his future son-in-law, the jeweler Fabian, is arrested on suspicion of murder on the day before his wedding. He is said to have murdered his ex-wife, the dancer Ria Norady. The conductor Gillmore found her dead in her dressing room shortly after a visit from Fabian. Gisela Jordan asks her father to defend him. After speaking to Fabian, the lawyer is convinced he's innocent. But since there is no proof of this, he decides to go and try and find the real murderer himself.

A soldier thinks about leaving the army for a woman. His friends try to stop him.

With the opera "Le nozze di Figaro" commenced the remarkably successful cooperation between Mozart and his librettist Lorenzo da Ponte. The first night of "Figaro", presumably Mozart's most perfect musical comedy, was held in Vienna on May 1st, 1786. It is based on Beumarchais' "scandalous" comedy "La Folle Journée ou Le Mariage de Figaro" which, after its first staging in the pre-revolutionary Paris of 1784, soon became a huge success throughout Europe. For the opera, the revolutionary content of the intricate comedy of love and conspiracy against the background of noble capriciousness was actually toned down but not completely abandoned. The extensive ensemble scenes, the treatment of the orchestra and the delicately nuanced musical profiles of the characters hit the target and, looking back, proved to be pioneering for following generations of musicians.

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf and Willi Boskovsky in a Radio-Canada telecast of an all-Viennese concert.

Strauss Opera, Mahler Lieder, Irmgard Seefried, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Schubert Lieder, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau