Two one-act operas based on texts by OSCAR WILDE performed at
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International Festival earlier this evening by the Hamburg State Opera with the Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra conducted by gcrd Albrccht fine florentische Tragodle Libretto by MAX MEYERFIELD after Wilde's play
A Florentine Tragedy Music by Alexander Zemlinsky (sung in German)
A merchant catches his wife in the arms of another man. She encourages them to a duel ...
10.5* Interval Reading
10.10* Der Geburtstag der infantin (Der Zwerg)
Libretto by GEORG C. KLAREN revised for this
Performance by ADOLF DRESEN , after Wilde's Story The Birthday of the Infanta (sung in German)
The Spanish Infanta is given a grotesque dwarf for her birthday. He falls in love with her and Joyously misinterprets her pleasure as mutual attraction until he sees himself in a mirror and literally dies of shame.
Infanta's playmates
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STATE OPERA