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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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