DER ROSENKAVALIER, COMEDY FOR MUSIC IN THREE ACTS Libretto by Hugo Von Hofmannsthal. Story Adaptation by Anthony Burgess. the Metropolitan Opera Classics Library by Strauss, Richard - 1982

Boston: Little, Brown. Very Good-. 1982. First Edition. Paperback. 0316568368; Trade Paperback. Very minor wear on the clean, sound binding. Contents are almost as new. ; 9-1/4" Tall, xix + 203pp. PAPER COVERS. Color-photo illustrated Cover is considerably lighter than posterboard. PLAYS. Introduction by George R. Marek. General Editor Robertt Sussman Stewart. Because DER ROSENKAVALIER is performed at the Metropolitan Opera in German, resulting in most American opera goers having to sit through the opera without ever really knowing who is saying what to whom, The Metropolitan Opera Classic Library has asked some of the most renowned writers of our time to retell the story of the opera in their own way, to bring the characters and the action to life. This book contains the story of the opera by Anthony Burgess and the Libretto in German by Hugo von Hofmannsthal and in English by Alfred Kalisch, the two versions side-by-side on the same page. Selected Bibliography. Selected Discography. 16 pages of full-color photos. 16 pages of b/w photos. .