This is a new factory sealed DVD of the rare drama classic DER ROSENKAVALIER, starring: Elisabeth Schwarzkopf ... The Marschallin Otto Edelmann ... Baron Ochs auf Lerchenau Sena Jurinac ... Octavian Erich Kunz ... Herr von Faninal Anneliese Rothenberger ... Sophie Judith Hellwig ... The Duenna Renato Ercolani ... Valzacchi Hilde Rossel Majdan ... Annina Alois Pernerstorfer ... A Commissary of Police Erisch Majkut ... Major Domo of the Princess Siegfried Frese ... Major Domo of Faninal Josef Knapp ... A Notary Fritz Sperlbauer ... Landlord Giuseppe Zampieri ... A Singer Hans Kres ... A Hairdresser Liselotte Maikl ... Three Orphans of Noble Family Ute Frey ... Three Orphans of Noble Family Evelyn Labruce ... Three Orphans of Noble Family Mary Richards ... A Milliner Kurt Equiluz ... A Vendor of Animals Fritz Mayer ... Four Footmen of the Princess Rudolf Stumper ... Four Footmen of the Princess Otto Vajda ... Four Footmen of the Princess Alois Buchbauer ... Four Footmen of the Princess Karl Kolowratnik ... Four Waiters Ludwig Fleck ... Four Waiters Kurt Bernhard ... Four Waiters Norbert Balatsch ... Four Waiters Hermann Tichavsky ... Leopord Georg Pichler ... A Doctor Wolfgang Kres ... A Little Black Boy Herbert von Karajan ... Self - Conductor (uncredited) An opera about jealousy and duplicity among the elite classes of the Austro-Hungarian empire. The one responsible for the direction was the veteran Paul Czinner, who the year before had filmed "The Royal Ballet" in Covent Garden with Margot Fonteyn as prima ballerina in "Swan Lake", "Firebird" and "Ondine" in historically as memorable and important a ballet film as this one is of the opera - in the 30s he filmed Shakespeare. Everyone contributes with his best in this fabulous performance, where everyone is an ace, first of all Elisabeth Schwarzkopf as the leading princess, the astoundingly perfectly appropriate Sena Jurinac as the androgynous cavalier (supposed to be a male teenager of 17 years) and the sparkling Anneliese Rothenberger as Sophie, with Herbert von Karajan at his best in his prime and still a young man, but above all Richard Strauss' 100% golden music all the way. To this comes the absolutely perfect staging and setting, with completely realistic appropriate costumes of the times of the empress Maria Theresia (Mozart's time) in a palace like Schonbrunn or some other intimate rococo palace, all performed in Salzburg. Paul Czinner actually had for his ambition to make this film version of the last great opera of the golden opera epoch a lasting monument and perfect version of this absolute classic of a great opera, although the story is rather silly and no more than like any flippant wig wedding cake by Mozart, but even the silliest comedy can be made great by masterful music. Buyer agrees to add $3.50 for shipping in the US, outside the US pays cost. I ACCEPT PAYPAL See my other items Items can be combined to save on shipping costs. I return all feedback received Powered by SixBit's eCommerce Solution