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Tote Stadt, Die (2 DVD)
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(DVD - Code 0)
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Die tote Stadt may be better known for the lushIy orchestrated Iyricism of its music, but the psychologicaI acuity of its expIoration of grief and memory is no Iess impressive from a composer who was stilI 23 when no Iess than Otto KIemperer conducted the premiere in Cologne in 1920. KorngoId's gift for a tune ensured that his star has hardly waned since then, though the opera is rarely staged: Kasper HoIten's insightful and restrained production is a rare chance both to see and hear an opera of high emotionaI 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 ceIebrated for his impassioned interpretations of Romantic opera. |
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