Der Rosenkavalier

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Der Rosenkavalier is a comic opera by Richard Strauss with a libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal, renowned for its lush late-Romantic score and bittersweet exploration of love, time, and social change in 18th-century Vienna.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf comic opera ⓘ
opera ⓘ
acts 3 ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Op. 59 ⓘ
catalogNumber TrV 228 ⓘ
commissionedBy Königliches Opernhaus, Dresden ⓘ
linked to: Semperoper
composer Richard Strauss ⓘ
firstConductor Ernst von Schuch ⓘ
firstPerformanceCompany Royal Opera House, Dresden ⓘ
firstPerformanceConductor Ernst von Schuch ⓘ
frequentVenue Metropolitan Opera, New York ⓘ
linked to: Metropolitan Opera

Vienna State Opera ⓘ
genre comic opera ⓘ
opera buffa-inspired work ⓘ
hasCharacter Annina ⓘ
Faninal ⓘ
Valzacchi ⓘ
historicalSettingRuler Empress Maria Theresa ⓘ
influencedBy Mozartian opera tradition ⓘ
language German ⓘ
librettist Hugo von Hofmannsthal ⓘ
mainCharacter Baron Ochs auf Lerchenau ⓘ
Marschallin (Princess Marie Theres’ von Werdenberg) ⓘ
Octavian (Count Rofrano) ⓘ
Sophie von Faninal ⓘ
movement late Romantic ⓘ
musicalFeature prominent use of waltz rhythms ⓘ
notableAria "Hab’ mir’s gelobt" ⓘ
notableDuet "Ist ein Traum, kann nicht wirklich sein" ⓘ
notableEnsemble Final trio "Hab’ mir’s gelobt" ⓘ
notableRecording Carlos Kleiber 1974 recording ⓘ
Georg Solti 1968 recording ⓘ
Herbert von Karajan 1956 recording ⓘ
orchestrationFeature lush late-Romantic orchestration ⓘ
originalTitleLanguage German ⓘ
premiereCity Dresden ⓘ
premiereCountry Germany ⓘ
premiereDate 1911-01-26 ⓘ
premierePlace Königliches Opernhaus, Dresden ⓘ
linked to: Semperoper
publisher Adolph Fürstner ⓘ
settingPlace Vienna ⓘ
settingTime 18th century ⓘ
structure three-act opera ⓘ
theme aging ⓘ
class and social status ⓘ
love ⓘ
passage of time ⓘ
renunciation ⓘ
social change ⓘ
timePeriodOfComposition 1909–1910 ⓘ
titleTranslation The Knight of the Rose ⓘ

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Hugo von Hofmannsthal → notableWork → Der Rosenkavalier ⓘ
Hugo von Hofmannsthal → notableWork → Der Rosenkavalier (libretto) ⓘ
linked to: Der Rosenkavalier
Richard Strauss → notableWork → Der Rosenkavalier ⓘ
Kiri Te Kanawa → notableRecording → Der Rosenkavalier (conducted by Georg Solti) ⓘ
linked to: Der Rosenkavalier
Die Frau ohne Schatten → relatedWork → Der Rosenkavalier ⓘ
Lyrische Dramen → hasPart → Der Rosenkavalier ⓘ
Lyrische Dramen → hasPart → Der Rosenkavalier (Libretto) ⓘ
linked to: Der Rosenkavalier
Capriccio → relatedWork → Der Rosenkavalier ⓘ
the Marschallin → appearsIn → Der Rosenkavalier ⓘ
Rise Stevens → notableWork → Der Rosenkavalier ⓘ
The Marschallin → appearsIn → Der Rosenkavalier ⓘ
Saxon State Opera House → notablePremiere → Richard Strauss’s "Der Rosenkavalier" ⓘ
linked to: Der Rosenkavalier