Josef Richard Rozkošný (21 September 1833 – 3 June 1913) was a Czech composer and pianist.''The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Opera'', 1996, p. 111, John Hamilton Warrack, Ewan West. ("Others who successfully built upon Smetana's example included Richard Rozkosny (1833–1913),

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(1834–74),

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, where he studied music.

Works

Operas

* ''Ave Maria'', libretto V. Trappl; unperformed, lost (1855 or 1856) * ''Mikuláš'' (''Nicholas'') 1870 * '' Svatojanské proudy'' (''

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'', after the rapids on the

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) also called ''Vltavská víla'' (''The

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of the Vltava'') 1871; performed in German as ''St. Johannes Stromschnellen'' * ''Záviš z Falkenštejna'' (''

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'') 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

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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

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, as the count, in 1987 for Czech Radio Plzen; conductor Vít Micka.

References

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