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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 Pourceaugnac. [3]
Jul 12, 2024 · Harry Kessler, a German diplomat, writer, arts patron, and friend of Hofmannsthal, saw a hit Parisian operetta titled The Ingenuous Libertine in 1907. Shortly after the operatic premiere of ...
Above all, this opera needs a great conductor to encompass the wide range of musical styles Strauss deploys, from the swooning Viennese waltzes to the spiky shrieking in the chaotic inn scene. Der Rosenkavalier survey
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May 2, 2023 · Der Rosenkavalier (1911) had long been on Lorenzo Viotti’s wish list when he became chief conductor of Dutch National Opera. Its brilliant score champions both the orchestra and the voice, offering swirling Viennese waltzes with swaggering rhythms as well as breathtaking vocal lines.
Zubin Mehta — Conductor. Program notes. The Knight of the Rose, or Der Rosenkavalier, is probably the best known and best loved opera by Richard Strauss, a crowd-pleasing success from the moment of its premiere in 1911. Qualified by the composer himself as a “Mozartean opera,” it arguably represents the high water mark of Strauss's creative output.
Jan 1, 2011 · The Dresden opera authorities were worried that the opera was obscene, but the première went ahead with Max Reinhardt as director. The conductor was Ernest von Schuch, who had previously conducted the premières of Strauss’s Salome and Elektra.
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Der Rosenkavalier, comic opera in three acts by German composer Richard Strauss (German libretto by Austrian dramatist Hugo von Hofmannsthal) that premiered at the Dresden Royal Opera House on January 26, 1911. Hofmannsthal had written the play upon which Strauss based Elektra, but Der
