Release Date: 22 May 2020
Label: Naxos - Dvd / Naxos DVD
Packaging Type: DVD Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 747313565757
Composer/Series: Alexander von Zemlinsky
Description
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 is full of psychological intrigue. Is Der Zwerg a critique of society’s superficiality? Is it the composer’s self-portrait in his doomed affair with Alma Schindler? Director Tobias Kratzer’s stunning, transparent production creates a space in which each character is thrown into sharp relief in this ‘fine, noble and melancholy work’ (Bachtrack.com).
Valeriia Savinskaia; Flurina Stucki; Irene Roberts; Maire Therese Carmack; Clemens Bieber; AJ Gluec
Clay Hilley; Nina Stemme; Albert Pesendorfer; Orchestra and Chorus of the Deutsche Oper Berlin; Ste
Derek Welton; Thomas Blondelle; Markus Bruck; Andrew Harris; Tobias Kehrer; Annika Schlicht; Jacque
Christof Loy; Olesya Golovneva; Kelsey Lauritano; Andrea CarE; Vladislav Sulimsky; Mikolaj Trabka,
Angela Vallone; Bianca Tognocchi; Theo Lebow; Iurii Samoilov; Gordon Bintner; Frankfurter Opern-und
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