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Work: Die tote Stadt (The Dead City)

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ComposerKorngold, Erich Wolfgang (1897-1957)
PeriodEarly 20th century
Year1920
Work typeOpera / Oratorio
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GrafeneggDie tote Stadt (The Dead City)Concert performance

Grafenegg Kulturbetriebsgesellschaft m.b.H.
Korngold: Die tote Stadt (The Dead City)
Axel Kober; Tonkünstler-Orchester; Eric Cutler; Camilla Nylund; Samuel Hasselhorn

AmsterdamKorngold's opera Die tote Stadt rediscovered

Het Concertgebouw
Korngold: Die tote Stadt (The Dead City)
Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra (Radio Filharmonisch Orkest); Oksana Lyniv; Netherlands Radio Choir (Groot Omroepkoor); Netherlands National Children's Choir; Benjamin Bruns; Johanni van Oostrum

ViennaDie tote Stadt

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Korngold: Die tote Stadt (The Dead City)
Sebastian Weigle; Willy Decker; Vienna State Opera; Wolfgang Gussmann; Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera; Concert Association Vienna State Opera Chorus
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Korngold’s Die tote Stadt, more alive than ever in Boston

Andris Nelsons, Christine Goerke and David Butt Philip © Hilary Scott, courtesy of the Boston Symphony Orchestra
The composer's magnum opus, unjustly neglected in English-speaking countries, receives magnificent treatment from Andris Nelsons and the Boston Symphony Orchestra, anchored by David Butt Philip and Christine Goerke.
*****
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Reality wants augmenting in Daniel Kramer's Die tote Stadt

Nadja Stefanoff (Marietta), Corby Welch (Paul) and ensemble © Sandra Then
What's a director to do while we wait for technology to catch up with the complexities of the human condition?
***11
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Korngold's extravagant opera The Dead City staged in style by ENO

William Morgan, Clare Presland, Lauren Bridle. Rhian Lois and Innocent Masuku © Helen Murray
Annilese Miskimmon directs a the first ever production by ENO of Erich Korngold's tale of bereavement, grief and the poisonous impact of lost love on an obsessive mind. 
****1
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From Vienna to the Silver Screen: the life of Erich Korngold explored

Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1916) © AKG Images
Erich Wolfgang Korngold life began in Imperial Vienna, where he composed lush works in typical fin-de-siècle style, but ended in the United States, having created the blueprint for the Hollywood film score. Bard College investigates his music in its 2019 “Rediscoveries” focus.