Der Rosenkavalier opens with two women making out in bed, and the SF Opera did not even think of asking Miller Lite to sponsor the performance? Actually, one of the characters is only sung by a woman, and is supposed to be a precocious seventeen year old lad, Octavian, aka. Quinquin, taking advantage of the lessons and wisdom of an older woman, the Marschallin, aka. Princess Marie Thérèse von Werdenberg, aka. Bichette (litteraly, little doe). more ›