Inside Strauss’ Der Rosenkavalier

The Florida Orchestra's Masterworks weekend ends with the suite from Der Rosenkavalier, and Inside the Music walks through that score on the Mahaffey stage beforehand. Chelsea Gallo, the orchestra's resident conductor, uses commentary, humor and live musical demonstrations to show why Richard Strauss wrote what he did and to help listeners hear more in the music. The suite compresses Strauss and Hugo von Hofmannsthal's 1911 comedy into one orchestral span. The opera follows the Marschallin, her young lover Octavian and the silver rose he delivers to another woman. Its waltzes are out of place in 18th-century Vienna and invite comparison with Johann Strauss, who was no relation. Seating is general admission.