The music of Viennese composer Alexander Zemlinsky often lies somewhere between that of his romantic rival Mahler and Arnold Schoenberg, but the model for the one-act opera Eine florentinische Tragödie, A Florentine Tragedy, is clear: it bears a strong family resemblance to Richard Strauss' Salome. For his text Zemlinksy even sought out an unfinished and similarly lurid drama by Oscar Wilde, whose persecution for being gay was apparently not an issue in wide-open Vienna. The opera is not performed much, but it has an added ...
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The music of Viennese composer Alexander Zemlinsky often lies somewhere between that of his romantic rival Mahler and Arnold Schoenberg, but the model for the one-act opera Eine florentinische Tragödie, A Florentine Tragedy, is clear: it bears a strong family resemblance to Richard Strauss' Salome. For his text Zemlinksy even sought out an unfinished and similarly lurid drama by Oscar Wilde, whose persecution for being gay was apparently not an issue in wide-open Vienna. The opera is not performed much, but it has an added kick coming from the fact that the love triangle depicted, featuring a noblewoman who is turned on when her husband strangles her lover in their boudoir, held resonances for Zemlinsky himself, who had seen his intended, Alma Schindler, take off with both Mahler and the architect Walter Gropius. (Consult songwriter Tom Lehrer for a full roadmap.) This is not just historical speculation but is fully documented in correspondence between Zemlinsky and Alma. At any rate, conductor...
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