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Richard Strauss in 1910. Der Rosenkavalier ( The Knight of the Rose or The Rose-Bearer [1] ), Op. 59, is a comic opera in three acts by Richard Strauss to an original German libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal. [2] It is loosely adapted from Louvet de Couvrai 's novel Les amours du chevalier de Faublas and Molière 's comedy Monsieur de ...
Setting and story summary. Der Rosenkavalier is set in Vienna in the mid-1700s. Act I. In the Marschallin’s bedroom she and her young lover, Octavian, are awakening from a rapturous night. Octavian hides quickly as a servant comes in with breakfast. Soon after he returns to bed, there is a clamour in the outer room.
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Dec 14, 2016 · Wed 14 Dec 2016 06.38 EST. G iven the opera’s predilection for consumptive courtesans and misogynistic murderers, scheduling one for the festive season can be a tricky business. But Richard...
"Der Rosenkavalier" is an opera composed by Richard Strauss and premiered on January 26, 1911. Set in 18th-century Vienna, the opera explores the romantic entanglements of its main characters against the backdrop of social class dynamics. It reflects the cultural climate of fin de siècle Vienna...
Feb 22, 2014 · The setting is Vienna, in around 1740. It's the most popular work by the team of composer Richard Strauss and librettist Hugo von Hofmannsthal. (Decades later, Strauss would identify himself by saying "I am the composer of Der Rosenkavalier .") It's part of the standard operatic repertoire, and suites from the opera are familiar orchestral fare.
Apr 7, 2017 · Classical Music. “Der Rosenkavalier,” in Its Era of Composition. At the Metropolitan Opera, Robert Carsen sets the sumptuous opera in the year of its writing, right before the First World War....
Apr 15, 2023 · Setting The opera is originally set in Vienna in the 1740s. Genuine historical references are merged with fictitious inventions (like the “noble custom” of the presentation of the silver rose to a fiancée, which never actually existed) and anachronisms (like the Viennese Waltz, which did not yet exist at that time).
