An exceptional copy; fine in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. ; 203 pages; Description: xix, 203 p. , [32] p. Of plates : ill. (some col. ) ; 24 cm. Subjects: Strauss, Richard, 1864-1949. Rosenkavalier (Opera) . Operas--Librettos. Notes: Discography: p. 197-203. Bibliography: p. 203. - [Series: The Metropolitan Opera classics library]. 1 Kg.

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Title: Richard Strauss, Der Rosenkavalier : Comedy for Music in Three Acts / Libretto by Hugo Von Hofmannsthal ; Story Adaptation by Anthony Burgess ; Introduction by George R. Marek ; General Editor, Robert Sussman Stewart
Publisher: Boston : Little, Brown
Publication Date: 1982
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0316568341
ISBN 13: 9780316568340
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: First Edition.
Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
Weight: 1 kilogram

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Richard Strauss's Der Rosenkavalier inaugurated The Metropolitan Classics Library, a series of books honoring the one-hundredth anniversary of the Metropolitan Opera, and brought to its readers a greater understanding of opera as literature. The story was specially adapted for this volume by novelist Anthony Burgess. Included is the complete libretto in German and in English, and a wealth of illustrations, including photos from the Metropolitan Opera's production that was concurrent with this book (1982)

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Text: English, German

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