Josef Richard Rozkošný

Josef Richard Rozkošný (21 September 1833 – 3 June 1913) was a Czech composer and pianist. He was born and died in Prague, where he studied music.

Operas

 * Ave Maria, libretto by V. Trappl; unperformed, lost (1855 or 1856)
 * Mikuláš (opera) (Saint Nicholas) 1870
 * St John's Rapids (Czech: Svatojanské proudy) (about the St John's Rapids on the Vltava) also called Vltavská víla (The Spirit of the Vltava) 1871; performed in German as St. Johannes Stromschnellen
 * Záviš z Falkenštejna (about Záviš of Falkenstein, 1250–1290) 1877
 * Mladí pytláci (The Young Poachers) 1877, libretto by Jindřich Hanuš Böhm, unperformed, lost
 * Alchymista (The Alchemist) 1880, libretto also by Böhm, also unperformed, lost
 * Popelka (opera) (Cinderella) 1885
 * Krakonoš (opera) (The Rübezahl Spirit) 1889
 * Stoja (opera) 1894
 * Satanela (opera), also Satanella 1898
 * Černé jezero (opera) (Black Lake, the Černé jezero) also Šumavská víla (The Spirit of the Šumava Forest [Bohemian Forest]) 1906
 * Rusalka (unfinished)

Selected recordings

 * Svatojanské proudy, scene from act 1 in Czech, Ivan Kusnjer as the count, 1987 for Czech Radio Plzeň; conductor Vít Micka