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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 ]
This work, a Suite in B-flat, became Strauss's debut as a conductor in 1884 when Bülow informed him that he would lead the Meiningen orchestra in it without the benefit of a rehearsal. The following year, Strauss became assistant conductor of the Meiningen orchestra, attending all of Bulow's rehearsals with pencil and paper in hand.
This is a discography of Der Rosenkavalier, [1] [2] [3] an opera in three acts with music by Richard Strauss to a German-language libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal. Der Rosenkavalier was first performed at the Königliches Opernhaus in Dresden on 26 January 1911 under the direction of Max Reinhardt.
A group of children celebrate their confirmation in a Konditorei (a Viennese cake shop), where many of the confections come alive, with marzipan marches and chocolate dances. . Having overindulged, one boy falls ill and hallucinates, leading to the party of Princess Pralinée, a trio of amorous liqueurs, and a riot of cakes pacified by be
The Emperor (Der Kaiser) heldentenor: Karl Aagaard Østvig: The Empress (Die Kaiserin), Keikobad's daughter: dramatic coloratura soprano: Maria Jeritza: The Nurse (Die Amme), her guardian: dramatic mezzo-soprano: Lucie Weidt: Barak, the Dyer (Barak, der Färber) bass-baritone: Richard Mayr: The Dyer's Wife (Die Färberin) high dramatic soprano ...
Richard Strauss 1938. The Divertimento for Chamber Orchestra after Keyboard Pieces by Couperin, Op. 86 (German: Divertimento aus Klavierstücken von François Couperin für kleines Orchester) is an orchestral suite composed by Richard Strauss published in 1942 which consists of eight movements, each one based on a selection of pieces from François Couperin's Pièces de Clavecin written for ...
The fifth and final section is set to the first sequence of waltzes from Richard Strauss's opera Der Rosenkavalier. The woman, in a white ballgown, first dances alone and her partner, in a black tailcoat, briefly joins her a few times. [1] [4]: 236 Farrell, who created the lead female role, described the partner as "somewhat absent." She noted ...
Schmutzer's Engraved portrait of Strauss, 1922. The orchestral Dance Suite from Keyboard Pieces by François Couperin (Tanzsuite aus Klavierstücken von François Couperin), TrV 245 was composed by Richard Strauss in 1923 and consists of eight movements, each one based on a selection of pieces from François Couperin's Pièces de Clavecin written for the solo harpsichord over the period 1713 ...