Der Rosenkavalier (The Knight of the Rose or The Rose-Bearer ), Op. 59, is a comic opera in three acts by Richard Strauss to an original German libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal. It is loosely adapted from the novel Les amours du chevalier de Faublas by Louvet de Couvrai and Molière’s comedy Monsieur de Pourceaugnac. It was first performed at the Königliches Opernhaus in Dresden on 26 January 1911 under the direction of Max Reinhardt, Ernst von Schuch conducting. Until the premiere the working title was Ochs von Lerchenau. (The choice of the name Ochs is not accidental, for in German Ochs means ox, which depicts the character of the Baron throughout the opera.)
Librettist | Hugo von Hofmannsthal |
Date of composition | 1910 (1909-1910) |
Premiered | 1911, January 26th in Dresden, Germany |
First published | 1910 |
Type | Opera |
Catalogue | TrV 227 |
Approx. duration | 200 minutes |
Spoken language | German |
Instruments |
Orchestra
Chorus/Choir Voice (Soprano) - The Marschallin, Princess Marie Thérèse von Werdenberg Voice (Mezzo-Soprano) - Octavian, Count Rofrano, Marie's young lover (Quinquin) Voice (Bass) - Baron Ochs auf Lerchenau, the Marschallin's cousin Voice (Soprano) - Sophie von Faninal Voice (Baritone) - Herr von Faninal, Sophie's rich parvenu father Voice (Soprano) - Marianne Leitmetzerin, Herr von Faninal's duenna Voice (Tenor) - Valzacchi, an intriguer Voice (Contralto) - Annina, Valzacchi's niece and companion Voice (Bass) - A notary Voice (Tenor) - An Italian singer Voice (Soprano) - A noble orphan Voice (Mezzo-Soprano) - A noble orphan Voice (Contralto) - A noble orphan Voice (Soprano) - A milliner Voice (Tenor) - A vendor of pets Voice (Tenor) - Faninal's Major-Domo Voice (Bass) - A police inspector Voice (Tenor) - The Marschallin's Major-Domo Voice (Tenor) - An innkeeper Voice - Male ; Four lackeys Voice - Male ; Four waiters Silent Role - A Flautist Silent Role - A Cook Silent Role - A Hairdresser and his assistant Silent Role - A Scholar Silent Role - A Noble Widow Silent Role - Mahomet Mime Silent Role - Mohammed, the Marschallin's black page |
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Autotranslations beta |
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