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Tenor

Jason Wickson

Paul

Silent

Susanne Serfling

Marietta

Baritone

Simon Stricker

Frank

Fritz

Mezzo-soprano

Ariana Lucas

Brigitta

Soprano

Anne Martha Schuitemaker

Juliette

Iris Marie Sojer

Lucienne

Sangmin Jeon

Gaston

Victorin

Mark Bowman-Hester

Count Albert

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Johannes Pell

Stage director

Immo Karaman

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Fabian Posca

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Chorus master

Markus Baisch

Dramaturge

David Greiner

Wuppertaler Bühnen

Die tote Stadt -  (The Dead City)

Wuppertal

Germany

Opernhaus

Die tote Stadt Korngold

The Dead City

Approved

Oper Wuppertal

A psycho trip about loss, fear and of course love.


Paul cannot get over the death of his beloved wife Marie and lives in a memorial room for the dead woman. He is initially fascinated by the dancer Marietta because of her resemblance to Marie, but then he loses himself in a whirlpool of conflicting feelings that turn this love into hate. Only late does he realize that he only dreamed part of his experiences and now decides to leave the dead city.


When Korngold wrote ›Dead City‹, which was heavily influenced by symbolism, at the age of 23, he had already brought out two successful operas in Vienna. The child prodigy from a poor family - his father Julius was the most important music critic of his time - had studied with Alexander von Zemlinsky, among others, but in contrast to his teacher always remained true to a late romantic and tonal style of writing. After emigrating to Hollywood, initially voluntarily and then forced by the Nazis, he became the father of film music, which he significantly influenced.

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The Dead City by Korngold, From (2019/2019), Directed by Immo Karaman,, Conductor Johannes Pell, Oper Wuppertal, Wuppertal, Germany

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