 Stella Roman had a particular association with Richard Strauss, who chose her to sing the role of the Empress in "Die Frau ohne Schatten" for its Italian première at La Scala in 1940.She later went to visit Strauss at Pontresina in 1948 to study with him the "Four Last Songs" and the role of the Marschallin in "Der Rosenkavalier", and it was as the Marschallin that she ended her career at the San Carlo theatre in Naples.She retired in 1953 after having married for the second time; her operatic career had lasted for 19 years.