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.

Works

Operas
 Ave Maria, libretto by V. Trappl; unperformed, lost (1855 or 1856)
  (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 
  (about Záviš of Falkenstein, 1250–1290) 1877
 Mladí pytláci (The Young Poachers) 1877, libretto by , unperformed, lost
 Alchymista (The Alchemist) 1880, libretto also by Böhm, also unperformed, lost
  (Cinderella) 1885
  (The Rübezahl Spirit) 1889
  1894
 , also Satanella 1898
  (Black Lake, the Černé jezero) also Šumavská víla (The Spirit of the Šumava 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

References

1833 births
1913 deaths
Composers from Austria-Hungary
Pianists from Austria-Hungary
Czech classical composers
Czech classical pianists
Musicians from Prague
Czech opera composers
Czech male opera composers
19th-century classical pianists
Czech male classical pianists
19th-century Czech male musicians