Mahler's Fifth Symphony, Fourth Movement

The fourth movement of Gustav Mahler's Fifth Symphony, Adagietto (アダージェット), is a love letter from Mahler to Alma (later Madame Mahler), a painter who was still in a relationship at the time. The protagonist written by Thomas Mann, the original author of "Soulbroken Venice", is an old writer. But director Luchino Visconti took the original intent further and transformed the protagonist into a Mahler-like character. Also on stage are Mahler's relatives and friends, 12-tone Austrian composer Arnold Schonberg. The two people's debate on "beauty" is also the main point of contrast in "Soulbroken Venice".

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