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2 days ago · Richard Strauss‘ "Der Rosenkavalier" (1911) Renowned composers and conductors also held posts at the Vienna State Opera. Gustav Mahler served as director from 1897-1907, revolutionizing the staging of operas like Wagner‘s Ring Cycle. His successor was Felix Weingartner, followed by Richard Strauss and Clemens Krauss.
May 13, 2024 · In 1909 the opera Elektra marked Strauss’s first collaboration with the Austrian poet and dramatist Hugo von Hofmannsthal. Strauss wrote the music and Hofmannsthal the libretti for five more operas over the next 20 years. With the 1911 premiere of their second opera together, Der Rosenkavalier, they achieved a popular success of the first ...
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May 10, 2024 · “Der Rosenkavalier” by R. Strauss and the author of the libretto H. von Hofmannsthal is a charming comedy of love, gallantry, misunderstandings, secret desires and social dignity, but first and foremost this work idealizes a great civilization, the Vienna of the 18th century, the capital of a powerful empire.
May 14, 2024 · Strauss's score once again offers the entire orchestral richness of sound, almost unrestrained indulgence, which culminates in the final tercet, unsurpassed in terms of musical beauty, but also shows deep fractures. Only a few years before the collapse of the Danube monarchy, "Der Rosenkavalier" becomes a swan song for an entire era.
May 6, 2024 · In some cases art has sought to represent life as we experience it without offering explanations. There is no causality, at best correlation. The plot, libretto and music of Der Rosenkavalier, taken together, represent a prime example of art mirroring life without seeking to superimpose a meaning-making frame. The nature of the work accounts ...
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May 3, 2024 · “Der Rosenkavalier,” composed by Richard Strauss in 1911, is situated within the lush and opulent world of late Romantic opera. Collaborating with librettist Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Strauss crafted a work that is both a tribute to the 18th-century rococo era and a reflection of the composer’s own time.
5 days ago · Der Rosenkavalier is an opera by Richard Strauss. It translates to “the Knight of the Rose” and follows a complicated love story between Sophie and Octavian. It was premiered at the Dresden Opera House in 1911.
