Die tote Stadt
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Die tote Stadt, Op. 12, is an opera in three acts by Erich Wolfgang Korngold set to a libretto by Paul Schott, a collective pseudonym for the composer and his father, Julius Korngold. It premiered in
Scene at the Graz Opera in 2015
Marlis Petersen, Jonas Kaufmann, 2019 Munich production
Libretto cover published in 1921
Opera notes with dedication
Julius Korngold
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Julius Leopold Korngold was an Austrian music critic. He was the leading critic in early twentieth century Vienna, serving as chief music critic of the Neue Freie Presse from 1904 to 1934. His son was
Die tote Stadt
…opera in three acts by Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897–1957) set to a libretto by Paul Schott, a collective pseudonym for the composer and his father, Julius Korngold. It premiered in 1920. It is based on the 1892 novel Bruges-la-Morte by Georges Rodenbach. Rodenbach's 1892 symbolist catholic cult novel Bruges-la-Morte…
Julius Korngold 1911 (Left)