Schenk's highly realistic staging of the same opera for the Vienna State Opera can be seen on DVD (DGM 073-009/010-9). Meanwhile, one of the best opera CD sets ever issued, of any opera, is the Rosenkavalier conducted by Karajan in 1956, with Schwartzkopf, Edelmann, Ludwig and Stich-Randall (EMI 7-49355/6-2).
This is all set to be a great Taipei event, with all the visual gorgeousness that last September's quarter-staged Ring unavoidably lacked. That it will also be a fitting farewell to Chien hardly needs to be said.
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