Der Rosenkavalier
Comedy for music in three acts
Libretto
Hugo von Hofmannsthal
Premiere
26 January 1911, Dresden (Hofoper)
Cast
FELDMARSCHALLIN, PRINCESS WERDENBERG (soprano)
OCTAVIAN, COUNT ROFRANO (mezzo-soprano)
BARON OCHS AUF LERCHENAU (bass)
HERR VON FANINAL (baritone)
SOPHIE (soprano)
MARIANNE LEITMETZERIN (soprano)
VALZACCHI (tenor)
ANNINA (contralto)
POLICE COMMISSIONER (bass)
MARSCHALLIN'S MAJOR-DOMO (Struhan)
FANINAL'S MAJOR-DOMO (tenor)
NOTARY (bass)
INNKEEPER (tenor)
ITALIAN SINGER (tenor)
3 NOBLE ORPHANS (soprano, mezzo-soprano, contralto)
DRESSMAKER (soprano)
PET-SELLER (tenor)
4 MARSCHALLIN's FOOTMEN (2 tenor, 2 bass)
4 WAITERS (1 tenor, 3 bass)
MOHAMET (silent)
CHORUS
footmen, couriers, heyducks, cookboys, guests, musicians, 2 watchmen, little children
Place
Vienna
Time
During the reign of the Empress Maria Theresia