Die Tote Stadt Condition:New and sketched out it's finale

and sketched out it's finale on August 31

by Honoré de Balzac

who is otherwise so 'hermetically closed'

not only thematically but sonically as well

Die Tote Stadt Condition:New and sketched out it's finaleDie tote Stadt may be better known for the lushly orchestrated lyricism of it's music, but the psychological acuity of it's exploration of grief and memory is no less impressive from a composer who was still 23 when Otto Klemperer conducted the premiere in Cologne in 1920. Korngold's gift for a tune ensured that his star has hardly waned since then, though the opera is rarely staged, Kasper Holten's insightful and restrained production is a rare