the Knight with the pink ( Der Rosenkavalier ) is a opera in three acts composed by Richard Strauss, on a booklet of Hugo von Hofmannsthal. It was created with Dresden the January 26th 1911 under the direction of Ernst von Schuch under the supervision of max Reinhardt. It will be created with Monte Carlo in 1926, with Paris in 1927.

Large distributions, one will retain the roles of the Marshal's wife of Elisabeth Schwarzkopf since 1952 with his good-byes with the Currency of Brussels in 1972, of Régine Crespin since 1957 or more recently of Felicity Lott. LISA beyond Put and Anna Tomowa-Sintow has they-also be of the very famous marshal's wives.

Richard Strauss modified also the partition for the music of the film éponyme put in scene by Robert Wiene and projected for the first time at the Opera of Dresden on January 10th, 1926 with an orchestra under the direction of Strauss itself.

Characters

• the princess von Werdenberg ( the Marshal's wife ) (Soprano)
• the baron Ochs von Lerchenau (Low)
• Octavian , young lover of the Marshal's wife (Soprano)
• Mister de Faninal (Baritone)
• Sophie , her daughter (Soprano)
• Marianne , the duenna of Sophie (Soprano)
• Valzacchi , intrigant (Tenor)
• Annina , its accomplice (Mezzo-soprano)
• the police superintendent (Low)
• the majordomo of the Marshal's wife (Tenor)
• the majordomo of Faninal (Tenor)
• the notary (Low)
• the landlord (Tenor)
• singers, musicians, domestic