- Ritter Pázmán (Knight Pázmán) is a three-act comic opera by Strauss that premiered in 1892. The librettist, Lajos Dóczi, based the story on a Hungarian poem by János Arany.1
- Fun fact – Ritter Pázmán was Strauss’s only opera (though he wrote many operettas).
- You can read a short synopsis of the story here.
- A Csárdás is a Hungarian folk dance that has two distinct sections – the first slow, the second fast.
Sources
- “Ritter Pásmán, Op.441 (Strauss Jr., Johann),” IMSLP, accessed October 31, 2024, https://imslp.org/wiki/Ritter_P%C3%A1sm%C3%A1n,_Op.441_(Strauss_Jr.,_Johann).
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