Andris Nelsons conducts Korngold Die tote Stadt
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Boston Symphony Orchestra
Symphony Hall, Boston, MA
Andris Nelsons, conductor
Christine Goerke, soprano (Marietta)
Elisa Sunshine, soprano (Juliette)
Karen Cargill, mezzo-soprano (Brigitte)
Brandon Jovanovich, tenor (Paul)
Joshua Sanders, tenor (Victorin)
Neal Ferreira, tenor (Gaston)
Terrence Chin-Loy, tenor (Graf Albert)
Andrzej Filończyk, baritone (Frank)
Elliot Madore, baritone (Fritz)
Tanglewood Festival Chorus
James Burton, conductor
Boston Lyric Opera Chorus
Brett Hodgdon, conductor
KORNGOLD Die tote Stadt*
Erich Korngold’s Die tote Stadt (“The Dead City”) is an incredibly tender work, embodying the twilight of the Romantic era. Korngold, a remarkable prodigy who later became one of Hollywood’s most important composers, began the opera when he was only 19 and completed it at age 23. It opened simultaneously in December 1920 in Cologne and Hamburg and became one of the biggest operatic successes of the era. The opera’s theme of struggling with the memory of a lost loved one undoubtedly resonated with audiences still traumatized by the recent catastrophe of World War I.
*Sung in German with English supertitles.
Presented in collaboration with the Boston Lyric Opera.
Performance Details
Feb 1, 2025, 8:00pm EST
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