Performer: Daniel Norman

Rodula Gaitanou sets Richard Strauss and Hugo von Hofmannsthal's comedy in the Cinecittà film studios of the 1950s. 

A memorable performance makes a worthy memorial to the late, great Bernard Haitink, who conducted the production's premiere. 

Amid all the18th-century flummery, contemporary touches abound as the OHP's post-pandemic season opens.