In one opera by this composer, the title character recalls her love for the
In one opera by this composer, the title character recalls her love for the man who abandoned her in "Ein Sch?nes War" and awaits to be carried off by Hermes in "Es Gibt ein Reich".  The "Italian Singer" sings "Di rigori armato il seno" in another opera in which the duet "Mir ist die Ehre widerfahren" is sung by Sophie and the title character, Octavian. The title character of another of his operas performs the seductive "Dance of the Seven Veils" before being executed for kissing the decapitated head of John the Baptist. For 10 points, Hugo von Hofmannsthal was the librettist for many of the operas of what composer of Ariadne Auf Naxos, Salome, and Der Rosenkavalier?
In one opera by this composer, the title character recalls her love for the man who abandoned her in "Ein Sch?nes War" and awaits to be carried off by Hermes in "Es Gibt ein Reich".  
Richard Strauss [prompt on just "Strauss"]