Event listing: Der König Kandaules | Volksoper Wien | Thu 5 May 2011 at 19:00

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Volksoper WienWähringer Str. 78, Vienna, 1090, Austria

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Programme

Zemlinsky, Alexander von (1871-1942)

Performers

Volksoper Wien
Alfred Eschwé	Conductor
Hans Neuenfels	Director
Robert Brubaker	Tenor	König Kandaules
Kay Stiefermann	Baritone	Gyges
Meagan Miller	Soprano	Nyssia
Alexander Trauner	Baritone	Phedros

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“Der König Kandaules,” the Volksoper’s Zemlinsky mystery

Zerbinetta, 5th May

A ring of invisibility found in a giant fish. A voyeuristic king. A fisherman’s burning house and unfaithful wife. Alexander Zemlinsky’s Der König Kandaules is an exceptionally strange opera. Based on André Gide’s 1899 play of the same title, it is a heady mix of sex, violence, and remarkably beautiful music.