 Event |
Die Tote Stadt (The Dead City)
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| Venue |
Nationaltheater München, 80539 München, Germany |
| First Date |
18 November 2019 |
| Last Date |
11 December 2019 |
| Dates Estimated |
No |
| Status |
Professional |
| World Premiere |
No |
| Description |
Admired by Mahler and Puccini, Korngold was only 23 when he composed this mysterious and hallucinatory study of grief, memory, and obsession. Based on a novella by Belgian Symbolist poet Georges Rodenbach, Die tote Stadt (The Dead City) was one of the biggest hits of the 1920s but has rarely been staged since World War II.
The boundary between dream and reality increasingly dissolves as Paul, mourning his dead wife Marie, meets the dancer Marietta. With her looks so similar to Marie's, Marietta becomes the object of the projection of Paul's erotic desires. His grief has the traits of a ritual: The carefully composed strands of his dead wifeâs hair are guarded like a relic. Following a nerve-racking 'vision' with cathartic effect, Paul is finally reeled back to reality. He can leave the Belgian city of Bruges as the place of his death cult. The original title of the piece, 'Triumph des Lebens' (Triumph of Life), is symbolic of the main character's personal development. |
| Description Source |
Website |
| Primary Genre |
Music Theatre
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| Secondary Genre |
Opera
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| Subjects |
Dream
Grief
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| Organisations |
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| Contributors |
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| Works |
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| Text Nationality |
Austria
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| Production Nationality |
Germany
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| Event Status |
Completed
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| Data Source |
| Source |
Description |
| Web |
https://www.staatsoper.de/en/productions/die-tote-stadt/2021-12-01-1900-12690 |
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| Event Identifier |
165324 |
| Dataset |
AusStage |
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