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4 December 1920. (1920-12-04) Hamburg State Opera. Cologne Opera. Die tote Stadt (German for 'The Dead City'), 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 is based on the 1892 novel Bruges-la-Morte by Georges Rodenbach.
Die tote Stadt (German for The Dead City) is an opera in three acts by Erich Wolfgang Korngold. The libretto is by the composer and Paul Schott (a pseudonym of the composer's father Julius Korngold), and is based on Bruges-la-Morte, a short novel by Georges Rodenbach. When Die tote Stadt had its premiere on December 4, 1920, Korngold was just ...
- Erich Korngold
- 4 December 1920, Hamburg and Cologne
- German
Dec 19, 2022 · The Creators of Die tote Stadt. Composer – Erich Korngold (May 1897 – November 1957) Librettist – Erich and Julius Korngold (December 1860 – September 1945) Source Material –Georges Rodenbach adapted his 1892 novel Bruges-la-Morte into a play called Le Mirage. The play was translated from French to German by Siegfried Trebitsch before ...
COMPOSER'S QUOTE “When that day comes, composers will accept the motion picture as a musical form equal to the opera or the symphony.” FUN FACTS. Korngold was a child prodigy. He became one of the most important composers in Hollywood history. Most prominent operas. Die tote Stadt 1920 LIBRETTO ENGLISH TRANSLATION
Die tote Stadt Alt ernative. Title Oper in drei Bildern Composer Korngold, Erich Wolfgang: Opus/Catalogue Number Op./Cat. No. Op.12 I-Catalogue Number I-Cat. No. IEK 23 Movements/Sections Mov'ts/Sec's: 3 acts (12 scenes) Year/Date of Composition Y/D of Comp. 1920 First Perf ormance. 1920-12-04 in Hamburg and Cologne First Pub lication.
- Oper in drei Bildern
- Op.12
- Korngold, Erich Wolfgang
- Die tote Stadt
Die tote Stadt. “The Dead City”. Dramatic opera in three acts. Libretto “Paul Schott” (E.W. Korngold and his father, Julius Korngold) World Premiere 4 Dec 1920, Hamburg Stadttheater. 4 Dec 1920, Cologne Stadtteather. Other Premieres. 19 Nov 1921, New York, Metropolitan Opera. 30 Jun 2012, Sydney, Australia.
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Erich Wolfgang Korngold (born May 29, 1897, Brünn, Austria-Hungary [now Brno, Czech Republic]—died November 29, 1957, Hollywood, California, U.S.) was an American composer of Austro-Hungarian birth, best known as one of the originators of the genre of grand film music. He was also noted for his operas, especially for Die tote Stadt (1920 ...
