Die Kathrin
Music by Erich Wolfgang Korngold · libretto by Ernst Décsey · premiered 1939 · at Royal Swedish Opera
Die Kathrin, Op. 28, is a folk opera in three acts by Erich Wolfgang Korngold with a German libretto by Ernst Décsey. Die Kathrin was Korngold's final opera, and he began composition in 1933, while in the midst of re-orchestrating operettas by Johann Strauss Jr. and Leo Fall. Korngold completed the opera during the summer of 1937.
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About the Composer
Erich Wolfgang Korngold (German: [ˈeːʁɪç ˈvɔlfɡaŋ ˈkɔʁnɡɔlt]; May 29, 1897 – November 29, 1957) was an Austrian composer and conductor, who left Europe in the mid-1930s and later adopted US nationality. A child prodigy, he became one of the most important and influential composers in Hollywood history. He was a noted pianist and composer of classical music, along with music for Hollywood films, and the first composer of international stature to write Hollywood scores. When he was 11, his ballet Der Schneemann (The Snowman) became a sensation in Vienna; his Second Piano Sonata, which he wrote at age 13, was played throughout Europe by Artur Schnabel. His one-act operas Violanta and Der Ring…
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Other Operas by Erich Wolfgang Korngold
- Der Ring des Polykrates
- Die tote Stadt (1897)
- Das Wunder der Heliane (1927)
- Die stumme Serenade (1946)