Film

Die tote Stadt

2018Music

Director: Robert Carsen
Year: 2018

Following the death of his young wife, a widower has isolated himself from the outside world. He lives solely for her memory, until one day he encounters a dancer who looks remarkably familiar. Working together with the General Music Director Ainārs Rubiķis, Canadian star director Robert Carsen stages his production at the Komische Oper Berlin with Korngold’s musical psycho-thriller, one of the greatest hits of the 1920s.

Top cast

Aleš Briscein

Paul

Sara Jakubiak

Marietta / Marie's Apparition

Günter Papendell

Frank, Paul's Friend / Fritz, the Pierrot

Maria Fiselier

Brigitta, Paul's Housekeeper

Adrian Strooper

Victorin, the Director

Ivan Turšić

Count Albert

Directed by

Robert Carsen

Written by

Julius Korngold, Erich Wolfgang Korngold