Palace Opera & Ballet are continuing their 2011 season by offering cinemas-goers an experience like no other. Filmed live in high definition from the Sydney Opera House, Der Rosenkavalier is a comic opera in three acts by Richard Strauss to an original German libretto by Hugo von Hoffmannsthal. A thoughtful comedy about life, love and the passage of time, the opera tells the story of four main characters - the aristocratic Marschallin, her much younger lover Octavian, her bovine cousin Baron Ochs and his much younger prospective fiancée, Sophie. Der Rosenkavalier is a co-production between Welsh National Opera and Opera Australia. Sung in German with English subtitles.