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Der Rosenkavalier


 

Der Rosenkavalier (The Cavalier of the Rose) 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.

Related Topics:
Opera - Richard Strauss - German - Libretto - Hugo von Hofmannsthal - Louvet de Couvrai - Molière - Königliches Opernhaus - Dresden - 26 January - 1911

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Der Rosenkavalier is part of the standard operatic repertoire. There are several recordings of it, and it is regularly performed.

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