Korngold: Die Tote Stadt, Op. 12 (complete opera recorded in 2010)
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ERICH KORNGOLD
Korngold: Die Tote Stadt, Op. 12 (complete opera recorded in 2010)
Finnish National Opera / Klaus Florian Vogt, Camilla Nylund, Markus Eiche, Sari Nordqvist / Mikko Franck (conductor)
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Release Date: Monday 25 November 2013
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Die tote Stadt may be better known for the lushly orchestrated lyricism of its music, but the psychological acuity of its exploration of grief and memory is no less impressive from a composer who was still 23 when no less than Otto Klemperer conducted the premiere in Cologne in 1920. Korngold's gift for a tune ensured that his star has hardly waned since then, though the opera is rarely staged: Kasper Holten's insightful and restrained production is a rare chance both to see and hear an opera of high emotional charge heightened by the dark cityscape of its title. A superb cast is directed by Finnish National Opera's artistic director Mikko Franck, who is celebrated for his impassioned interpretations of Romantic opera.
Written when Korngold was only 23, premiered in 1920 (in Hamburg and Cologne) - conducted by Otto Klemperer (Cologne), but rarely performed now.
Korngold was a musical prodigy, hailed as a genius by Gustav Mahler.
Korngold was acclaimed across Europe for his operatic and orchestral works. He moved to the US in 1934 and became one of the greatest film composers of the "Golden Age" of Hollywood.
This production directed by Kasper Holten, now Director of Opera at the Royal Opera House.
Features Klaus Florian Vogt, one of Germany's leading tenors, as Paul, and Camilla Nylund as Marietta.
Extra features: Cast gallery.
Running time: 151 minutes
Subtitles EN/FR/DE/JP/KR
"there is no audible sign that this not-so-mini Tristan of a role is too heavy for Klaus Florian Vogt's tenor, while Camilla Nylund's Marietta/Marie...is in dream form, untiring, concentrated, rapturous of tone. A huge achievement. The orchestra encompass this far from easy (and, surely, unfamiliar) score with great panache for their chief." (Gramophone)
"Holten's staging for the Finnish National Opera is inventive - sometimes startlingly so - but doesn't overload the narrative with imposed extra concerpts. He allows the drama...to shine...[Vogt's] open-toned singing is extraordinarily precise...a glowing Korngold treat." (BBC Music)
"Holten's surreal evocation of Bruges, the dead city of the title, is wonderfully creepy...Vogt excels as the wild-eyed, obsessive Paul, desperately trying to make over Camilla Nylund's slutty Marietta in saintly Marie's image. Mikko Franck's conducting is to die for." (The Guardian)
