APO | The Trusts Community Foundation Opera in Concert | Die Tote Stadt

• Conductor Giordano Bellincampi
• Paul Aleš Briscein
• Marietta/Marie Manuela Uhl
• Frank/Fritz Richard Šveda
• Brigitta Deborah Humble
• Juliette Julie Lea Goodwin
• Lucienne Brigitte Heuser
• Victorin Oliver Sewell
• Count Albert Andrew Grenon
• with The New Zealand Opera Chorus

A man haunted by the present… consumed by the past Paul's wife Marie has died, and he spends all his time in a room full of relics of the past, sunk in memories. Into this airless mausoleum bursts a force of life, the dancer Mariette - who resembles Marie.

Erich Wolfgang Korngold is a rare, forgotten genius, and the rediscovery of his gloriously lush, intensely romantic music is long overdue. Written in the shadow of the First World War, this great opera is a heartbreaking psychological portrait of someone coming to terms with a terrible loss.

Giordano Bellincampi leads an enormous orchestra and a stellar cast. Aleš Briscein has sung the role of Paul at the Dresden Semperoper, and Richard Šveda returns after a marvellous performance as Don Giovanni for the APO in 2019.

The New Zealand premiere of Die Tote Stadt will be, quite simply, one of this country's artistic highlights of 2023. Don't miss it!