Richard bonynge conducts the royal opera house orchestra and chorus in this performance of johann strausss opera at dame joan sutherlands farewell gala recorded at londons covent garden in december 1990 rosalinde nancy gustafson wife of gabriel von eisenstein louis otey is having an affair with alfredo bonaventura bottone eisenstein is due to begin a prison sentence the next morning and the prison governor colonel frank eric garrett is expected to collect him at any moment how