Zemlinsky: Zemlinsky's Zimmer

OPERA
FRIDAY, APRIL 16, 2021
7:30 PM

the little OPERA theatre of new york
LOTNY Live Stream

$5-$50
https://www.musae.me/lotny/experiences/984/zemlinskys-zimmer

You have to be in the mood for overripe Late Romantic music. But if you are, it really hits the spot — even if you feel a little sick afterward. Here, scenes from Alexander Zemlinsky's Wilde-based opera Eine Florentinische Tragödie are interspersed with passages from Zemlinsky's chamber music. (You can't talk about Zemlinsky without noting that he was Schoenberg's brother-in-law and was rejected by Alma Schindler for being too unattractive, too unsuccessful, and too Jewish) (although she was able to overcome that latter objection for men who were attractive and successful). Apparently, if you view this stream through cell phone-based VR goggles, it will seem to surround you — although some might feel the Late Romantic music is smothering enough already.

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