Es war einmal
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Es war einmal (Once upon a time) is a fairy-tale opera in a prologue and three acts by the Austrian composer Alexander von Zemlinsky, composed during 1897-99. The libretto, an adaptation of Marie von Borch's German translation of the fairy-tale play Der var engang by the Danish author Holger Drachmann, was written by Maximilian Singer.
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Es war einmal | |
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Fairy-tale opera by Alexander von Zemlinsky | |
Librettist | Maximilian Singer |
Language | German |
Based on | Der var engang by Holger Drachmann |
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