# Der Rosenkavalier with Ben Miller

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Podcast: [Decanonized](https://stenobird.com/podcast/decanonized-7780635)
Published: 2026-03-31T08:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://www.decanonized.com/episodes/strauss-der-rosenkavalier
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## Resource

Time, nostalgia, and very fancy lesbians? It must be Der Rosenkavalier. Writer, historian, and co-host of Bad Gays Ben Miller joins us for a discussion of Richard Strauss’s four-and-a-half hour work of where both nothing happens and everything happens. Topics include: whether Rosenkavalier is a comedy or tragedy, the Viennese aristocracy, opera queens and mezzosexuals, the “German she-devil” who sued the Met (and won), and one of opera’s most problematic characters. Show page (including a playlist, recommended reading, opera synopsis and more): https://www.decanonized.com/episodes/strauss-der-rosenkavalier More info: https://www.decanonized.com Follow Decanonized on Instagram at @decanonized Follow Ben at: https://benwritesthings.com, on Instagram at @benwritesthings and on Bluesky at benwritesthings.bsky.social

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