By: Betsy Schwarm Given its blend of music, words, and stage action, opera can be a powerful tool for psychological exploration. It is not just a matter of what these characters are doing, but why they are doing it,...
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By: Angelica DiIorio At its core, Die tote Stadt (The Dead City) is a story of the grief that a person experiences when they lose a loved one. Paul’s love for his wife Marie was very strong, so her...
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By: Jennifer Colgan Pittsburgh native Robert Perdziola has designed sets and costumes for some of the biggest opera houses in the world, including the Metropolitan Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, and San Francisco Opera. This winter, he lends his...
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By: Bethany Wood and Angelica DiIorio Meet the Hollywood score composer and incredible talent responsible for our winter production of Die tote Stadt (The Dead City): Erich Korngold. Korngold composed the opera in 1920 and worked on the libretto...
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By: Jennifer Colgan It is not an easy feat to direct an entire opera, much less one that is rarely performed and being built from scratch. However, Chas Rader-Shieber is up to the task for our winter production of...
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By: Jennifer Colgan Every season, Opera Colorado aims to present works that are new and exciting to our audiences, along with favorites like this spring’s Turandot. This season’s rare gem is truly extraordinary—a brand-new production of Die tote Stadt...
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By: Angelica DiIorio The German language is not commonly spoken in the United States, but it is the native language of Erich Korngold, the composer of Die tote Stadt (The Dead City). Despite spending most of his life in...
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By: Bethany Wood and Angelica DiIorio Korngold’s early twentieth-century masterpiece Die tote Stadt (The Dead City) may not be as familiar as some of the other operas in our 40th Anniversary Season, but it will quickly become one of...
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By Angelica DiIorio In Korngold’s Die tote Stadt (The Dead City), we follow Paul, a painter who is grieving the loss of his wife Marie. Paul’s love for Marie is strong, but it leaves him straddling the world of...
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By: Jennifer Colgan Paul is a widowed artist who is grieving the death of his wife, Marie. Even the city he lives in—Bruges—haunts him. Life is turned upside down when Paul meets the bright and passionate Marietta, the mirror...
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