Der Rosenkavalier
Opera by Richard Strauss
Der Rosenkavalier, 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 Louvet de Couvrai's novel Les amours du chevalier de Faublas and Molière's comedy... Wikipedia
Composer: Richard Strauss
Librettists: Hugo von Hofmannsthal and Harry Graf Kessler
Characters: Princess Marie Thérèse von Werdenberg, Ochs von Lerchenau, An Italian singer, and more
Written: 1910
First performance: January 26, 1911, Semperoper Dresden, Dresden, Germany
Adapted from: Monsieur de Pourceaugnac and Les amours du chevalier de Faublas