Richard Genée

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Franz Friedrich Richard Genée (February 7, 1823, Danzig – June 15, 1895, Baden bei Wien) was an Austrian librettist, playwright, and composer.

One of Genée's best known works was the libretto of Karl Millöcker's operetta Der Bettelstudent, which he co-wrote with Friedrich Zell (the pseudonym of Camillo Walzel).

In 1876, Genée composed the operetta Der Seekadette. The operetta featured a game of chess in its second act and later lent its name to the chess opening trap found in the match, the Seekadettenmatt (German for naval cadet mate). The move is usually known in English as the Légal Trap.