A young woman embarks on a daring mission to rescue her husband.

Fidelio

Royal Opera House

„Was Sie schon immer über unsere Oper wissen wollten…“ – frei nach diesem Motto werden sich in dieser neuen Reihe jeweils zwei Persönlichkeiten aus dem „Kosmos Staatsoper“ zu einem Gespräch in der Rheingoldbar treffen. Die Moderatorin Teresa Vogl wird dabei die Gesprächsführung übernehmen.

Unter 6 Augen

Rheingold bar-bistro

It’s Princess Donna Clara’s 18th birthday and she’s getting showered with presents from all sides, but one gift in particular, from the Turkish Sultan, stands out from the crowd: a real-life dwarf! Amidst all the splendour and beauty the misshapen man attracts her special attention, charming her with his singing and fascinating her all the more for seeming to be blissfully unaware of his physical appearance. The dwarf falls madly in love with the princess and is blind to the coquettish game that she is playing. But then he comes face-to-face with his reflection for the first time in his life. Realising the truth of his situation, he falls down dead. Alexander Zemlinsky’s THE DWARF is based on Oscar Wilde’s fairy tale “The Birthday of the Infanta” and received its world premiere in 1922. Following Zemlinsky’s death in 1942 in American exile the work quickly slipped from public awareness, not to be rediscovered until the 1970s. Since then it has been drawing crowds as a subtle, vibrant seismogram of a highly complex and psychological constellation.

Tobias Kratzer

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