Question: Are Der Rosenkavalier and I Capuleti e i Montecchi both comic operas?

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Der Rosenkavalier (The Knight of the Rose or The Rose-Bearer), Op. 59, is a comic opera in three acts by Richard Strauss to an original German libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal.  It is loosely adapted from the novel "Les amours du chevalier de Faublas" by Louvet de Couvrai and Molière’s comedy "Monsieur de Pourceaugnac".  It was first performed at the Königliches Opernhaus in Dresden on 26 January 1911 under the direction of Max Reinhardt, Ernst von Schuch conducting.  Until the premiere the working title was "Ochs von Lerchenau".  (The choice of the name Ochs is not accidental, for in German Ochs means ox, which depicts the character of the Baron throughout the opera.) Richard Georg Strauss (11 June 1864 – 8 September 1949) was a leading German composer of the late Romantic and early modern eras.  He is known for his operas, which include "Der Rosenkavalier", "Elektra", "Die Frau ohne Schatten" and "Salome"; his Lieder, especially his "Four Last Songs"; his tone poems, including "Don Juan", "Death and Transfiguration", "Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks", "Also sprach Zarathustra", "Ein Heldenleben", "Symphonia Domestica", and "An Alpine Symphony"; and other instrumental works such as "Metamorphosen" and his Oboe Concerto.  Strauss was also a prominent conductor in Western Europe and the Americas, enjoying quasi-celebrity status as his compositions became standards of orchestral and operatic repertoire. Charlotte "Lotte" Lehmann (February 27, 1888 – August 26, 1976) was a German soprano who was especially associated with German repertory.  She gave memorable performances in the operas of Richard Strauss, Richard Wagner, Ludwig van Beethoven, Puccini, Mozart, and Massenet.  The Marschallin in "Der Rosenkavalier", Sieglinde in "Die Walküre" and the title-role in "Fidelio" are considered her greatest roles.  During her long career, Lehmann also made more than five hundred recordings.  Her performances in the world of Lieder are considered among the best ever recorded. Luigi Scevola (born Brescia, 1770 - died Milan, 1819) was an Italian dramatist.  He wrote in the style of Ugo Foscolo, and was the author of the tragedies "Socrate" (1804), "Annibale in Bitinia" (1806) and "Saffo" (1814).  One of his plays was the basis of the libretti for "Giulietta e Romeo" by Nicola Vaccai and "I Capuleti e i Montecchi" by Vincenzo Bellini. Karl Perron, born Karl Pergamenter and also known as Carl Perron, (3 June 1858 – 15 July 1928) was a German bass-baritone.  A Kammersänger of the Dresden State Opera, he created leading roles in three operas by Richard Strauss – Jochanaan in "Salome", Orest in "Elektra", and Baron Ochs in "Der Rosenkavalier". Antonietta Marini-Rainieri was an Italian operatic soprano active during the first half of the 19th century.  She was married to lauded operatic bass Ignazio Marini and often appeared on stage with him.  In 1835 she portrayed Giulietta opposite Amalia Schütz Oldosi as Romeo in the Teatro Regio di Parma's first staging of Vincenzo Bellini's "I Capuleti e i Montecchi".  At La Scala she portrayed roles in the world premieres of Giuseppe Verdi's first two operas: Leonora in "Oberto" (1839) and the Marchesa del Poggio in "Un giorno di regno" (1840).  She also appeared at that house as the Princess of Navarra in the premiere of Gaetano Donizetti's "Gianni di Parigi" (1839).  In 1843 she sang the title role in the premiere of Giovanni Pacini's "Maria, regina d'Inghilterra" at the Teatro Carolino in Palermo.  She reprised that role in December 1843 at La Scala and at the Teatro Carlo Felice in February 1844. La sonnambula "(The Sleepwalker)" is a ballet by the co-founder and ballet master of New York City Ballet, George Balanchine, made to Vittorio Rieti's music using themes from the operas of Vincenzo Bellini including "La Sonnambula", "Norma", "I Puritani" and "I Capuleti e i Montecchi" (1830–35) and with costumes by Karinska.  The premiere took place with the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo on Wednesday, 27 February , at City Center of Music and Drama, New York; the City Ballet premiere was on 6 January 1965. Simon Gilbert (born 6 October 1937 in Hendon, London) is an English actor and tenor.  At the age of twenty one he took singing lessons with the teachers of the Australian soprano Joan Sutherland.  Gilbert gradually gravitated towards Opera and The Edinburgh Festival, where sang with Sutherland (in Haydn’s "Orfeo") and Luciano Pavarotti (in "I Capuleti e i Montecchi").  In 1967, he sang with Scottish Opera, for example appearing in "L'anima del filosofo".  Joining The Adelphi Theatre's company for the musical "Show Boat", he played lead man to the show's star, Cleo Laine. Margarethe Siems (20 December 1879 – 13 April 1952) was a German operatic soprano and voice teacher.  A Kammersängerin of the Dresden State Opera, between 1909 and 1912 Siems created leading roles in three operas by Richard Strauss: Chrysothemis in "Elektra", the Marschallin in "Der Rosenkavalier", and Zerbinetta in "Ariadne auf Naxos". I Capuleti e i Montecchi ("The Capulets and the Montagues") is an Italian opera ("Tragedia lirica") in two acts by Vincenzo Bellini.  The libretto by Felice Romani was a reworking of the story of "Romeo and Juliet" for an opera by Nicola Vaccai called "Giulietta e Romeo" and based on the play of the same name by Luigi Scevola written in 1818, thus an Italian source rather than taken directly from William Shakespeare.

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Der Rosenkavalier (The Knight of the Rose or The Rose-Bearer), Op. 59, is a comic opera in three acts by Richard Strauss to an original German libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal. I Capuleti e i Montecchi ("The Capulets and the Montagues") is an Italian opera ("Tragedia lirica") in two acts by Vincenzo Bellini.  The libretto by Felice Romani was a reworking of the story of "Romeo and Juliet" for an opera by Nicola Vaccai called "Giulietta e Romeo" and based on the play of the same name by Luigi Scevola written in 1818, thus an Italian source rather than taken directly from William Shakespeare.