Review: Zemlinsky: Der Zwerg (Deutsche Oper Berlin)
Kratzler and Runnicles brilliantly reflect Zemlinsky’s tale of Alma and Alex.
Clive Paget is a former Limelight Editor, now Editor-at-Large, and a tour leader for Limelight Arts Travel. Based in London after three years in New York, he writes for The Guardian, BBC Music Magazine, Gramophone, Musical America and Opera News. Before moving to Australia, he directed and developed new musical theatre for London’s National Theatre.
Kratzler and Runnicles brilliantly reflect Zemlinsky’s tale of Alma and Alex.
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