DAS WUNDER DER HELIANE in BRNO Better than Bayreuth (NOT a review) The dignitaries were out in force at the première on 27/9 in the Janacek Theatre in Brno, Hollywood-style, complete with red carpet and photographers. They were individually introduced by name, with spotlights and applause, in the a...

We have a bit of a thread starting here… Allow me to comment on your comments. (I especially wrote "not a review"! - I leave that to the more qualified, musicologists and the like…) Glass's "Usher" seems to be having a bit of a heyday in Germany at the moment. To even mention this work on the EW...

Thanks for asking, eleftherios. Violanta or Nerina? (not a review) An increasing interest in creating stage characters that are mentioned but do not (usually) appear (to mind springs Puccini's Marchese Attavanti and Wagner's Herzeleide seen in recent productions) is continued in Bremerhaven's new pr...

Interesting to read Opera Australia's blurb about it's upcoming Tote Stadt - fact is, the pit is too small for the size of orchestra that they are using, and that the orchestra will be piped in from somewhere else (as I believe they do with some musicals). The smallest theatre I've seen this opera i...

If you‘re needing your live Korngold-fix and are in or near Berlin on 7/3.. Verbotene Lieder Peter Paul, Baritone Scott Curry, Piano March 7, 17:00 Lothar-Kreyssig-Haus Kloster Lehnin Korngold-posthumous songs, songs from opp.9,27,29,38,"Sonnett an Wien", and arias from "Die stumme Serenade","Die ...

Dear Alex C,
I have the Sea Hawk suite(adapted and arranged by Dave Jessie,Warner 1987,11 pages), and if it wasn't for those copyright laws...

Dear Dennis,
Why not ask Eric Zeisl's daughter Barbara Zeisl Schoenberg?
The last time I spoke to her she was teaching at Pomona College.
Grüsse,Scott.

Hi Gunnar, "Beim Großmütterchen" is printed in Jessica Duchens book "Erich Wolfgang Korngold" (the publisher is Phaidon) on page 24-25.Im sure its more fun to play yourself than to listen to!

Has the score of the voice and piano version of "Tomorrow"(as recorded by Thomas Hampson) been published?

Liebe geheimnisvolle,kühne Gast, Es hat geklappt-nichts leichter als das! It worked and so easy!-a thoroughly charming performance and an opportunity to hear Korngold at the piano.Many thanks for the tip.

Who has a(the) recording of "Die stumme Serenade"?