Type of Document	Treatise
Author	Garvey, Melissa Lynn
URN	etd-04102010-231350
Title	Octavian and the Composer: Principal Male Roles in Opera Composed for the Female Voice by Richard Strauss
Degree	Doctor of Musical Arts
Department	Music, College of
Advisory Committee	Advisor Name Title Douglas Fisher Committee Chair Matthew Lata Committee Member Seth Beckman University Representative
Keywords	Trouser Roles Strauss Travesty Octavian
Date of Defense	2010-04-06
Availability	unrestricted
Abstract This treatise examines two of Richard Strauss’s and Hugo von Hofmannsthal’s operatic trouser roles, Octavian (Der Rosenkavalier) and the Composer (Ariadne auf Naxos). The author will discuss the history and operatic traditions of cross-gendered role assignments as a background to examining Strauss’s reasons for writing male roles for women to sing, and also explores the vocal and dramatic characteristics of the two roles. Recordings, musical examples, and quotes from performers who created and sing these roles will be included to support the author’s conclusions.
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