The clue is in the title, Der Zwerg (The Dwarf). Alexander Zemlinsky’s heart-wrenching opera about identity, rejection and callous ambivalence is about a special present given to the Spanish Infanta on her 18th birthday: a dwarf.
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Der Zwerg at the Dutch National Opera review…
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The clue is in the title, Der Zwerg (The Dwarf). Alexander Zemlinsky’s heart-wrenching opera about identity, rejection and callous ambivalence is about a special present given to the Spanish Infanta on her 18th birthday: a dwarf.