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Der Traumgörge

Music by Alexander Zemlinsky · libretto by Leo Feld · premiered 1980 · at Staatstheater Nürnberg

Der Traumgörge (Görge the Dreamer), Op. 11, is an opera in two acts and an epilogue by Austrian composer Alexander Zemlinsky. The libretto was written by Leo Feld based on the fairy tale "Vom unsichtbaren Königreiche" by Richard von Volkmann and the poem "Der arme Peter" by Heinrich Heine. After the prepared premiere at the Vienna State Opera in 1907 did not happen, the work was finally first performed by the Staatstheater Nürnberg in 1980.

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Alexander Zemlinsky is the composer of record for this opera.

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