Zemlinsky: der zwerg (the dwarf)
(2022, original release: 2019)

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Provider: hoopla

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PUBLISHED
[United States] : Naxos, 2022
Made available through hoopla
DESCRIPTION

1 online resource (1 video file (approximately 95 min.)) : sd., col

ISBN/ISSN
MWT15913077, 15913077
LANGUAGE
German
NOTES

Directed by Tobias Kratzer

Emily Magee, David Butt Philip, Mick Morris Mehnert, Philipp Jekal, Adelle Eslinger-Runnicles, Evgeny Nikiforov, Donald Runnicles, Elena Tsallagova

Based on Oscar Wilde's story 'The Birthday of the Infanta,' Zemlinsky's single-act opera 'Der Zwerg' is the tragic tale of a dwarf who is presented at court, falls in love with the beautiful Donna Clara, but is ultimately forced to see himself as others see him and to die of a broken heart. Preceded by Schoenberg's 'Accompaniment to a Cinematographic Scene,' Op. 34, Zemlinsky's Romantic score

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Mode of access: World Wide Web

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