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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.
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 ...
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.
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 ...
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 ...
The Four Last Songs (German: Vier letzte Lieder), Op. posth., for soprano and orchestra are – with the exception of the song "Malven" (Mallows), composed later the same year – the final completed works of Richard Strauss.
Transcribed from a theme based on Richard Strauss' Der Rosenkavalier [28] "Died for Love" BFMS 10 (a) Solo piano (b) Female voice, with piano or small instrumental groups 1906–07 1912 [5] [10] "Dollar and a Half a Day" SCS 2 Unaccompanied male soloists and choir 1908–09 1922–23 [10] [27] "The Duke of Marlborough Fanfare" BFMS 36