The Dead City
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The Dead City is an English title for "Die tote Stadt," an early 20th-century opera by Erich Wolfgang Korngold that explores grief, memory, and obsession in a dreamlike, symbolist setting.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | opera ⓘ |
| acts | 3 ⓘ |
| basedOn | Bruges-la-Morte NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnAuthor | Georges Rodenbach NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| catalogNumber | Op. 12 ⓘ |
| characterType |
soprano role for Marietta
ⓘ
tenor role for Paul ⓘ |
| composer | Erich Wolfgang Korngold NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Austria ⓘ |
| dramaticDevice |
double of the dead wife in Marietta
ⓘ
dream-reality ambiguity ⓘ |
| firstEnglishTitleUsage | The Dead City GENERATED ⓘ |
| genre |
psychological opera
ⓘ
symbolist opera ⓘ |
| historicalContext | post-World War I Europe ⓘ |
| influence | 20th-century operatic repertoire ⓘ |
| language | German ⓘ |
| librettist | Paul Schott NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| librettistPseudonymOf | Julius Korngold NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Marie
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Marietta NERFINISHED ⓘ Paul NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableAria | Glück, das mir verblieb NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableRecording |
Erich Leinsdorf studio recording
ⓘ
Ingo Metzmacher live recording ⓘ |
| orchestration | large orchestra ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Die tote Stadt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| period | early 20th century ⓘ |
| premiereDate | 1920-12-04 ⓘ |
| premierePlace |
Kölner Oper
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Staatsoper Hamburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publisher | Universal Edition NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| revival | late 20th century stage revivals ⓘ |
| setting |
Bruges
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
a dreamlike version of a Flemish city ⓘ |
| structure | through-composed ⓘ |
| style |
late-Romantic
ⓘ
post-Wagnerian ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
hallucinatory dream
ⓘ
psychological breakdown ⓘ |
| symbolism |
relics of the dead as objects of obsession
ⓘ
the city as a metaphor for inner death ⓘ |
| theme |
grief
ⓘ
memory ⓘ mourning a dead spouse ⓘ obsession ⓘ |
| timeOfComposition | 1916–1919 ⓘ |
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