Its protagonist impersonatesMariandel to fend o the boorish CountOchs, and obtains the Marschallin's blessing to marry Sophie.
Aduet in this opera is interrupted by the E-flat clarinet Âgure, which in performances acts as a signal for the frozen onlookersto leave the stage. A character in this opera boasts that he is "holy Jupiter in his thousand manifestations" in a scene in whichhe blows out some candles and takes advantage of a character who swoons, exclaiming "such lovely music!" Over the course ofher career, the soprano Lotte Lehmann performed all of this opera's principal roles. People pop out of trapdoors in the stage,and children scream "Papa! Papa!" in its last act, which takes place in a rented room at an inn. The pageMohammed steps into pick up a dropped handkerchief at the very end of this opera, after its two greatest numbers: the love duet "Ist ein traum"and a trio sung by the trouser role and his two lovers. Its protagonist impersonatesMariandel to fend o the boorish CountOchs, and obtains the Marschallin's blessing to marry Sophie. For 10 points, name this comic opera by Richard Strauss, inwhich Octavian gives Sophie a silver flower.
Aduet in this opera is interrupted by the E-flat clarinet Âgure, which in performances acts as a signal for the frozen onlookersto leave the stage.
Der Rosenkavalier [or The Knight of the Rose]