from Act I of the German opera Der Rosenkavalier by Richard Strauss

Libretto: Hugo von Hofmannsthal

Role: The Marschallin, Princess von Werdenburg, wife of Field Marshall Prince von Werdenburg

Voice Part: soprano       Fach: spinto

Setting: The boudoir of the Marschallin

Synopsis: Looking at her face in the mirror, the Marschallin studies the lines of age on her face and worries about the time when she will be an old woman.