opera "Emilia Galotti" by Alexander Zemlinsky

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The opera "Emilia Galotti" by Alexander Zemlinsky is an early 20th-century German-language adaptation of Gotthold Ephraim Lessing’s bourgeois tragedy, notable for its late-Romantic, expressionist-tinged score and intense psychological drama.

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instanceOf opera
adaptationOf German Enlightenment drama
basedOn Emilia Galotti (play)
linked to: Emilia Galotti
basedOnWorkAuthor Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
character Claudia Galotti
Count Appiani
Emilia Galotti
Marinelli
Odoardo Galotti NERFINISHED
Prince of Guastalla
composer Alexander Zemlinsky
countryOfOrigin Austria
dramaticForm through-composed opera
era modern era
genre opera
tragic opera
hasFemaleProtagonist true
language German
librettist Alexander Zemlinsky
literarySourceGenre bourgeois tragedy
movement early musical Expressionism
late Romanticism
notableFor expressionist elements in the score
intense psychological characterization
late-Romantic orchestration
originalLanguage German
originalTitleLanguage German
period early 20th century
setting Italian princely court
sourceWorkForm play
sourceWorkPublicationCentury 18th century
sourceWorkTitle Emilia Galotti
style expressionist-tinged
late Romantic
subject abuse of power
bourgeois society
psychological drama
virtue and corruption
theme conflict between individual morality and princely authority
family honor
political intrigue
titleCharacter Emilia Galotti
workOfComposer Alexander Zemlinsky

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Emilia Galotti adaptedAs opera "Emilia Galotti" by Alexander Zemlinsky