Eine berauschende Tote Stadt an der Oper Köln

By David Renke, 06 December 2020

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“eine aufregende Film-Noir-Inszenierung, die selbst über den Bildschirm den Zuschauer hineinzog”

Reviewed at Oper Köln: Staatenhaus Saal 1, Cologne on 4 December 2020

Korngold, Die tote Stadt (The Dead City)

Oper Köln

Gabriel Feltz, Conductor

Tatjana Gürbaca, Director

Stefan Heyne, Set Designer

Silke Willrett, Costume Designer

Andreas Grüter, Lighting Designer

Burkhard Fritz, Paul

Aušrinė Stundytė, Marietta

Wolfgang Stefan Schwaiger, Frank

Anna Malesza-Kutny, Juliette

Dalia Schaechter, Brigitta

Regina Richter, Lucienne

John Heuzenroeder, Victorin

Martin Koch, Graf Albert

Georg Kehren, Dramaturgy

Rustam Samedov, Choirmaster / chorus director

Chor der Oper Köln

Gürzenich Orchestra

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David Renke

David Renke, geboren in München, hat Musikwissenschaft an der Universität zu Köln studiert, wechselte dann zum Studiengang Medien und Kommunikation an die Universität Passau. Er spielt Klavier, Gitarre und ist als Sänger in verschiedenen Chören in Süddeutschland tätig. Sein Schwerpunkt liegt bei der Musik des frühen 20. Jahrhunderts.