Josef Richard Rozkošný

Josef Richard Rozkošný (21 September 1833 – 3 June 1913) was a Czech composer and pianist. He was born and died in Prague, where he studied music.

Contents

• 1 Works
  • 1.1 Operas
• 2 Selected recordings
• 3 References

Works

Operas

• Ave Maria, libretto V. Trappl; unperformed, lost (1855 or 1856)
• Mikuláš (Nicholas) 1870
• Svatojanské proudy (St John's Rapids, after the rapids on the Vltava) also called Vltavská víla (The Spirit of the Vltava) 1871; performed in German as St. Johannes Stromschnellen
• Záviš z Falkenštejna (Zavis of Falkenstein) 1877
• Mladí pytláci (The Young Poachers) 1877, libretto Jindřich Hanuš Böhm, unperformed, lost
• Alchymista (The Alchemist) 1880, libretto also by Böhm, also unperformed, lost
• Popelka (Cinderella) 1885
• Krakonoš (The Rübezahl Spirit) 1889
• Stoja 1894
• Satanela also Satanella 1898
• Černé jezero (Black Lake) also Šumavská víla (The Spirit of the Šumava Forest) 1906
• Rusalka (unfinished)

Selected recordings

• Svatojanské proudy, scene from Act 1 recorded in Czech version by singers including Ivan Kusnjer, as the count, in 1987 for Czech Radio Plzen; conductor Vít Micka.

References