Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier 1939 (3 x LP Box, Limited, MET Metropolitain Opera)

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Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier

3 LP Box Set Metropolitan Opera 1939 MET

Label:
Met Historic Recordings ?–
Series:
Soria Series – none
Format:
3 × Vinyl Box Set, Limited Edition, Mono
Country:
US
Released:
1970s
Genre:
Classical
Style:
Opera

Tracklist

Side 1 - Act I Part 1
Side 2 - Act I Part 2
Side 3 - Act II Part 1
Side 4 - Act II Part 2
Side 5 - Act III Part 3
Side 6 - Act III Part 3

Companies, etc.

    Produced For – Metropolitan Opera Association, Inc. – none

Notes

3LP Slide out box set w/ 2 Booklet and Libretto

Carmen Metropolitan Opera Historic Broadcast Recording 1939

- Richard Strauss
Real Name:
Richard Georg Strauss
Profile:
German Classical composer, born June 11, 1864, in Munich, died September 8, 1949, in Garmisch-Partenkirchen. He is best known for his composition 'Also sprach Zarathustra' and the operas 'Salome' and 'Elektra'.

- 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.  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.)

The opera has four main characters: the aristocratic Marschallin, her very young lover Count Octavian Rofrano, her coarse cousin Baron Ochs and Ochs' prospective fiancée Sophie von Faninal, daughter of a rich bourgeois. At the Marschallin's suggestion Ochs gets Octavian to act as his Rosenkavalier and present the ceremonial silver rose to Sophie. But when Octavian meets Sophie they fall in love at first sight. By a comic intrigue they get rid of Ochs with the help of the Marschallin, who then yields Octavian to the younger woman.[6] Although a comic opera, Der Rosenkavalier also operates at a deeper level. Conscious of the difference in age between herself and Octavian, the Marschallin muses in bittersweet fashion over the passing of time, growing old and men's inconstancy.

There are many recordings of the opera and it is regularly performed.


-   Velvet Covered Metropolitan Opera Box Sets
    Limited Edition produced by the MET
    Award winning series part of the MET's historical opera archive series.
    Produced by Dorle Soria - one of the greatest record producers of all time
    Only available by donation to the MET guild.
    You will enjoy owning this and playing this rare box set of the MET Historic Broadcasts.
    Booklets have wonderful photos of performers, opera text, musical notes and more.
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