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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]
- German
- 26 January 1911, Königliches Opernhaus, Dresden
Jul 19, 2014 · Sat 19 Jul 2014 03.30 EDT. Der Rosenkavalier represents the apogee of Richard Strauss's popularity, and perhaps of his life. He had a deep affection for it, a profound...
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.
- Betsy Schwarm
Jan 1, 2013 · Few operas make such refined demands as Der Rosenkavalier – and reward them so richly.In contrast to Fidelio, which can defeat the most valiant performers, the Richard Strauss/Hugo von Hofmannsthal comedy is such a great showcase for voice, orchestra and stagecraft that its body of recordings is a succession of riches unlike any other, partly because it’s a piece that performers can live with.
Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier. It is beautifully apt that, in 1911, it was a Strauss who set the Austro-Hungarian Empire alight with a sumptuous, elegant grand ball of an opera, set in the Vienna of Maria Theresa. This Strauss, though, was a very different 'Kessel der Fische' from the toe-tapping Johanns I and II.
Jun 4, 2017 · If asked to choose an opera in the category of “most satisfying,” I would choose Richard Strauss’s brilliant Der Rosenkavalier (The Knight of the Rose, 1911). by Irene Javors June 4, 2017 ...
Apr 7, 2017 · Musil’s analytical novel is about how individual humans shape, and are shaped by, the tide of history; Richard Strauss and Hugo von Hofmannsthal’s sumptuous opera “Der...
