Der Rosenkavalier (Opera Journeys Mini Guide Series)

A convenient and comprehensive pocket-sized GUIDE to Strauss's DER ROSENKAVALIER featuring the STORY SYNOPSIS, PRINCIPAL CHARACTERS in the opera, STORY NARRATIVE with ONE-BAR MUSIC HIGHLIGHT EXAMPLES, and an ESSAY providing background about the opera and its composer, analysis, and insightful commentary. Der Rosenkavalier is a romantic comedy in which a thirty-two year old woman, the Princess von Werdenberg, known as the Marschallin, the wife of the old Field Marshal, sends her seventeen-year old lover, Count Octavian Rofrano, as the Rose-Bearer to assist in the wedding of her boorish cousin, Baron Ochs. A comprehensive guide to Richard Strauss' DER ROSENKAVALIER, featuring Principal Characters in the opera, Brief Story Synopsis, Story Narrative with Music Highlight Examples, and an insightful and in depth Commentary and Analysis by Burton D. Fisher, noted opera author and lecturer 'A romantic comedy in three acts, music by Richard Strauss ; libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal.'