January 2006 News Archive
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Korngold’s opera Die Tote Stadt to be performed in Berlin and Vienna in the same month (February 2006), plus news of Korngold Centre in Brno
First posted January 3 2006
Erich Wolfgang Korngold (b. Brno 1897, d. Hollywood 1957) tried unsuccessfully to re-establish himself as a musical force in Europe after the Second World War, but the contemporary reaction against late romanticism was too strong. It is only now—after the posthumous triumph of Mahler and the rehabilitation of other late romantics such as Richard Strauss and Zemlinsky—that Korngold’s works are again being judged on their merits (by audiences, if not always by critics).
In the Czech Republic there is now a Korngold Centre in Brno (part of the Moravian Museum). It opened in December 2004, with a ceremony attended by guests from the United States, England, Austria, Germany and the Czech Republic. For more information about the occasion and the centre, please follow this link. The address of the Centre is—
Dům pánů z Kunštátu (The House of the Lords of Kunštát)
Dominikánská Street No 9
Brno
Czech Republic
Phone: +420 542 423 462
e-mail: vpantucek@mzm.cz
web site: www.mzm.cz/Default-en.htm (this also links to a page about the Leoš Janáček Memorial—if this link is not working, please try www.mzm.cz/engmzm/oddeleni/oddeleni_dejin_hudby.html)
Certainly Korngold’s music is being performed much more often. It is a sign of the times that his opera Die Tote Stadt is being performed in Berlin and Vienna during the same month. Here are some details—
Vienna
1st, 4th, 8th, 12th & 16th February:
Performers | Wiener Staatsoper, Torsten Kerl, Emily Magee, Bo Skovhus, Donald Runnicles (conductor)
Venue | State Opera House, Opernring 2, 7:30pm (except 4:00pm 12th February), www.wiener-staatsoper.at
Berlin
17th, 21st & 25th February
Performers Deutsche Oper Berlin, Thomas Moser (Paul), Stephanie Friede (Marietta), Markus Beam (Frank), Philippe Auguin (conductor)
Venue | Deutsche Oper, Bismarckßtrasse 35, 7:30pm, www.deutscheoperberlin.de
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