Fact file
| Year of birth | 1897 |
| Year of death | 1957 |
| Nationality | Austria |
| Period | 20th century |
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SingaporeSSO Subscription: Tales of Love
Rossini, Korngold, Tchaikovsky
Singapore Symphony Orchestra; Kees Bakels; Richard Lin
BerlinDie tote Stadt (The Dead City)New production
Korngold: Die tote Stadt (The Dead City)
Ainārs Rubiķis; Robert Carsen; Komische Oper Berlin; Michael Levine; Petra Reinhardt; Aleš Briscein; Sara Jakubiak
LondonIain Farrington (piano) with Fenella Humphreys (violin) - Concert 11 from Mahler Piano Series: New Beginnings
Korngold, Schoenberg, Busoni, Liszt, Mahler
Iain Farrington; Fenella Humphreys
LiverpoolPictures at an Exhibition
Tchaikovsky, Korngold, Mussorgsky
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra; Vasily Petrenko; Elena Urioste
ValenciaOrquesta de Valencia
Ravel, Korngold, Prokofiev
Orquesta de Valencia; Ramón Tebar; Renaud Capuçon
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Hamburg's Die Tote Stadt: excellent singing but muddled staging
Hamburg's revival of a 2015 production is a musical success, but the director's concepts are sometimes too dense to tell a straightforward story.
Kazuki Yamada rocks Symphony Hall
Principal Guest Conductor Kazuki Yamada teases brilliant French sounds from the CBSO.
Fleeting happiness: Robert Carsen's Tote Stadt at the Komische Oper
The Komische Oper's new staging of Korngold's opera doesn't quite offer the necessary scale or atmosphere.
Jonas Kaufmann sings the Four Last Songs in recital at the Barbican
Kaufmann’s magnificent instrument was not seen at its best in songs by Strauss, but there was pleasure from his clear artistry and the interesting orchestral pieces played by the BBCSO.
Nostalgia and neurosis as Die tote Stadt returns to the Semperoper after nearly a century
In a score that can be a Technicolor wallow, Jurowski’s sure sense of dramatic pulse and balance, encompassed the brash dance rhythms, religious grandeur, vivid tone painting and the extremes of dissonance.
List of works
Abschiedslieder (Songs of Farewell), Op.14Abschiedslieder Op.14 Gefasster AbschiedAlt-Spanisch, Op.38 no.3Ball beim Märchenkönig (The Fairy King's Ball), Op.3 no.5Die tote Stadt (The Dead City)Geschichten von Strauss for piano, Op.21Glückwunsch, Op.38 no.1Lieder: selectionMuch Ado About Nothing, Op.11Piano Quintet in E major, Op.15Piano Trio in D major, Op.1Sinfonietta, Op.5SterbeliedString Quartet no. 2 in E flat major, Op.26String Quartet no. 3 in D major, Op.34Suite for two violins, cello and piano, Op.23Symphonic Serenade in B flat major, Op.39Symphony in F sharp major, Op.40The Sea Hawk: suiteViolin Concerto in D major, Op.35