Korngold: Die Tote Stadt (Live 2-CD) – Klaus Florian Vogt, Camilla Nylund

Composer: Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Artists: Klaus Florian Vogt, Camilla Nylund, Finnish National Opera and Ballet
Conductor: Mikko Franck
Number of Discs: 2
Label: Opus Arte
CD Release Date: February 8, 2022

Korngold was just 23 when his most celebrated stage work was premiered in 1920 by no less a conductor than Otto Klemperer. The rich orchestration and brilliant bel canto vocal writing is here superbly realized by a cast led by Klaus Florian Vogt and Camilla Nylund, with “conducting to die for” (The Guardian) from Mikko Franck. 

“I regard Die tote Stadt as one of the greatest operas of the first quarter of the 20th century and the Finnish National Opera’s production makes it stand out as a true masterpiece, scenically and musically.” (Seen and Heard International)

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