Oscar Wilde
Other operas based on works by Oscar Wilde:
Eine florentinische Tragödie (A Florentine Tragedy) - Alexander Zemlinsky
Der Zwerg (The Dwarf) - Alexander Zemlinsky
Information about the opera Der Zwerg by Alexander Zemlinsky, and the best recordings available on CD or DVD, or for download.
Based on Oscar Wilde's play "The Birthday of the Infanta", this is probably the most disturbing of his operas.
Recommended recordings on CD
Conlon/Kuebler/Isokoski (EMI 566 247-2)
Frankfurt Kantorei, Cologne Gürzenich Orchestra, conducted by James Conlon.
Cast: David Kuebler (The Dwarf), Soile Isokoski (The Infanta).
EMI 566 247-2