Der Zwerg

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Der Zwerg is a one-act opera by Alexander von Zemlinsky, based on Oscar Wilde’s story “The Birthday of the Infanta,” known for its intense psychological drama and late-Romantic expressionist style.

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Der Zwerg canonical 3

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instanceOf one-act opera ⓘ
opera ⓘ
basedOn The Birthday of the Infanta ⓘ
basedOnAuthor Oscar Wilde ⓘ
catalogueCategory stage work ⓘ
centralCharacter the Dwarf ⓘ
linked to: The Dwarf

the Infanta ⓘ
linked to: Infanta of Spain
centralTheme psychological cruelty ⓘ
self-knowledge ⓘ
unrequited love ⓘ
composer Alexander von Zemlinsky ⓘ
duration approximately 90 minutes ⓘ
firstPerformanceConductor Otto Klemperer ⓘ
form through-composed ⓘ
genre expressionist opera ⓘ
late-Romantic ⓘ
hasLibrettoLanguage German ⓘ
historicalContext post-World War I Austria-Germany musical culture ⓘ
influencedBy Gustav Mahler ⓘ
Richard Strauss ⓘ
early expressionism in music ⓘ
language German ⓘ
librettist Georg C. Klaren ⓘ
notableCharacteristic highly chromatic harmony ⓘ
intense psychological drama ⓘ
rich orchestration ⓘ
numberOfActs 1 ⓘ
opusNumber Op. 17 ⓘ
orchestration large orchestra ⓘ
originalTitle Der Zwerg ⓘ
period early 20th century ⓘ
premiereCity Cologne ⓘ
premiereCountry Germany ⓘ
premiereDate 1922-05-28 ⓘ
premierePlace Stadttheater Köln ⓘ
premiereTheatre Stadttheater Köln ⓘ
publisher Universal Edition ⓘ
relatedWorkByComposer Eine florentinische Tragödie ⓘ
Traumgörge ⓘ
settingCountry Spain ⓘ
settingPeriod Spanish Golden Age ⓘ
sourceType short story ⓘ
structure continuous music without spoken dialogue ⓘ
style late-Romantic expressionism ⓘ
subjectOf modern revivals in late 20th and early 21st century ⓘ
translatedTitle The Dwarf ⓘ
vocalForces mixed chorus ⓘ
solo voices ⓘ

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Darko Tresnjak → directed → Der Zwerg ⓘ
Der Zwerg → originalTitle → Der Zwerg ⓘ