Die tote Stadt - Mariettas Lautenlied (Strasbourg'01)

[@juliangernos]

One of the greatest arias ever written.

[@snailysaurus]

Strangely, I didn't care for this interpretation when I first saw/heard this production and now it's probably my favorite. I think because Denoke and Kerl have made it so humanly real. 'Marietta's Lied" is a piece that, once heard, haunts you for the rest of your life - i don't know how Korngold managed to do this at such a young age. It perfectly catches that exquisitely painful feeling we all share when we think back on a time in our lives that we so loved and which can never come again.

[@sonofbartleby]

I have just listened again to this aria after several months, during which life has not been kind to me. It made me weep, not from grief but from sheer ecstasy exacted by its beauty.

[@johnnauman347]

+Martin Geeson Same here, Martin. Battling my terrible addictions. Thanks for posting.

[@vincentlombardo9797]

hope life is now being better for you, lover of music!!

[@janiceedwards2384]

Yes, no matter how many times I've heard this piece, either as a solo or duet, all I can do is weep and wallow around in the harmonies and gorgeous singing. This is an especially wonderful rendition.

[@jogejoge11]

This music melts rocks the tenor is great, not straining but showing sorrow and realizing not all is pretty in this world. bravo, beautifully done

[@jayarcher9760]

the first time I heard this on the radio, I pulled over so I could listen and try to catch the name of the opera and author. so moving it had me in tears even though I had no idea what they were conversing about

[@NickGerson]

+Jay Archer Isn't this aria just one of the most beautiful things you've ever heard? Besides the voice (which are excellent!) the orchestra is just as amazing. Everything in this video is working 100% which makes beauty.

[@carolghebelian2778]

Nick Gerson

[@frankeffenberger9698]

I had the same reaction when I first heard it 60 years ago on WBAI FM. I ran right out and purchased an LP.

[@josepholeary3286]

It is a magical melody, which seems to come from somewhere in our earliest childhood

[@PatrickMcAsey]

Thank you very much for posting this. Isnt' it gorgeous? Isn't the music fabulous? What a wonderful opera Die Tote Stadt is - such atmosphere!

[@jimwolstencroft8441]

Why isn't this opera more popular. It is ALL good, not just this beautiful duet. As good as anything Puccini or Verdi ever wrote. I would love to see a performance of this in Bruges.

[@elektra9474]

There aren't many opera singers who can sing it, that's why it's hardly ever performed. The tessitura for the tenor part in particular is punishing.

[@pega17pl]

@@elektra9474 To get the right singer you need luck. When Götz Friedrich, Deutsche Oper, that time Western Berlin, offered Paul to James King ('Heldentenor') to record opera at opera house of Deutsche Oper. King replied he can't sing, it's not his Fach. Friedrich contradicted and encouraged King. In fact, King could sung the role with the strange line, and thanks to his dramatic voice, he also had the necessary basic. One of best peformances of "Die tote Stadt" was recorded.

[@Altonahh10]

I see many reasons. First of all the part of the tenor is extremely difficult. It takes a Wagnerian tenor who has the power for high notes in the final phrase, the lyrics, let´s be honest, are crap and the whole story is weird. The music itself doesn´t have many highlights and apart from this duet there is no real "hit" in it. I´ve seen it twice and both times didn´t get into it. But that is a matter of taste, of course.

[@josepholeary3286]

I heard it in Tokyo and the Tenor’s voice cracked horribly in the last rendering of the aria. The Japanese audience clapped politely.@@elektra9474

[@laurentherzog6073]

20 ans déjà et toujours la même émotion ...

[@castodivo]

She sings like an angel.

[@youtubister]

Breathtakingly beautiful. And VERY moving. Thanks for uploading, Kryltoppa.

[@leonmekitarian840]

Sublime thank you

[@MrSean22919]

Such a wonderful song. I love it.

[@pump066]

Wonderful singing by all!

[@mashtali1]

une des meilleurs performances de cette musique... bravo

[@martinrussell1516]

I love this duet and the work of both these singers..

[@manfredlipp6410]

Angela Denoke ist einfach unübertrefflich - auch als Salome - schade man muss sie suchen!

[@PTCello]

The tenor strains a bit, but my god this soprano is gorgeous. What gorgeous singing! A translation of the German would be very kind. Thank you for sharing!

[@carolghebelian2778]

PTCello

[@billcarr54]

So beautiful............

[@jimwolstencroft8441]

Why dont we see this on TV, ROH, ENO etc etc. Its so good it should be a standard. Not just ML but the entire opera

[@novasafo]

Beautiful singing, Beautiful production, Beautiful acting. Why couldn't there be more of this in opera.

[@ASongInMySoul6]

My favorite Marietta. What a sweet and gentle voice! Perfect.

[@nedcrouch3202]

If you like the opera, read "Bruges la Morte" by Georges Rodenbach, the story upon which the opera is based. It is beautiful French language prose 'symbolisme.' Also, read "Le Mirage," a stage play that Rodenbach wrote following on the success of "Bruges." And don't miss reading the life story of Eric Wolfgang Korngold, the "last prodigy." His is a fascinating story. Dig in, folks...the beauty continues.

[@hans-jorgbiermann9008]

Brilliant sinnlich congeniales duett

[@clarkkent8110]

Such a beautiful piece. It’s odd how sopranos sing this as a solo. It’s really a duet

[@letoubib21]

Wirklich wunderschön! Aber wieso KZbins AI mir *das* vorschlug, wird mir für ewig ein Rätsel bleiben. Denn ernste Musik höre ich in etwa so oft, wie ich Fisch esse *... ;-)*

[@vickiw3335]

Just gorgeous.

[@luisnorbertogomez7058]

Fantastico el tenor

[@anOnyMouS-sg3xe]

Beautiful!

[@josepholeary3286]

Some exquisite Franco-German touch produced this intensively poignant version

[@waltermontani1621]

bellissima aria e brava Angela!!!

[@Kryltoppa]

Yes, on Arthaus Musik label (Latham-Koenig/ Kerl, Denoke, Batukov, Svenden). Really amazing show.

[@JNeil1975]

So sad, so beautiful.

[@youtubister]

Had to turn the volume up quite a bit. VERY, VERY moving (T_T) Beautifully staged too.

[@nikodemus7777]

Best version I know. Excellent!

[@martinrussell1516]

It is idea!!

[@enriqueali]

Well, for the tenor Torsten Kerl I can certainly agree, he's made this role his own in recent years. She's merely alright. Look for the version with Carol Neblet to hear how the soprano part should REALLY be sung

[@edenrosest]

Thanks for the kindly translation that makes me feel deeper

[@AlphaOmegaSuite]

Korngold!!!!

[@jordipanadesribera6890]

Wie schön...

[@luisnorbertogomez7058]

MARAVILLOSA

[@Atanomida]

Beautiful! I like this a lot better than the versions of the "famed" sopranos!

[@amichotte]

un triste rêve ,et beau à la fois...

[@rebeccae.5217]

Thanks for posting this!

[@gudrunhorst6289]

Sehr schön

[@AlphaOmegaSuite]

In this production Torsten plays Paul more of a tortured madman than in many versions.

[@SoWeirdBoy]

Absolutely breath taking. oh man...

[@FranciscoFerrerGaliana1930]

Emotiva y maravillosa Aria..¡¡

[@youtubister]

Very, very moving.

[@milkmtz9384]

Omg... Es divino😍

[@MrRancidrob]

I have the Leinsdorf CD, but in this duet, I'm afraid I don't like Kollo's voice. Kerl does a magnificent job. I am visiting Bruges in a few days, oddly enough, and when I return, I'll order the DVD of this production. I know it has received major criticisms, but for me, the music and singing are paramount.

[@wisjoh1]

Wundervoll

[@christophermcquaid6256]

This best of all !

[@rudifuhrer]

Wonderful!

[@rosy3385]

Très beau !

[@Kryltoppa]

@sandrodream1 Except for ones that were composed in a different language! This is a German opera by a German composer. It is meant to be sung in German!

[@Altonahh10]

Correction: Korngold was Austrian.

[@ManBarbero]

It was so intense!

[@ren130154]

The soprano is great.

[@totosse26]

magnifique

[@maelughran6981]

Make no mistake....this aria is up there with Wagner and Strauss...

[@juliangernos]

I would put it differently. Wagner and Strauss are sometimes up there with this aria.

[@CvS2016]

@@juliangernos i agree. As a huge Strauss and Wagner fan, this aria in many ways is the culmination of romantic music.

[@bilit26]

Wow i really luv this interpretation!

[@Kryltoppa]

But it is Korngold, though. He wrote those portamenti on the score, I think.

[@culveyhouse]

@Kryltoppa Yes! You are correct Kryltoppa.

[@rubisco1981]

Has this perfromance been released on cd or only on dvd?

[@MrSwifts31]

Sorry Kryltoppa I am going to be fussy, and just point out that Korngold was NOT a German composer,he was Austrian. He was born in Brunn in the Austro Hungarian Empire in 1897. Brunn is now Brno and in the Czech Republic

[@DamonKClark]

Actually there are quite a few portamenti and a few glissando written in this duet.

[@tetrabiblos]

Beautifully sung (though low level): production looks decidedly iffy. The opera scheduled for production by Australian Opera in 2012.

[@laurelgleason7470]

❤️

[@callas1923]

🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡

[@wotanman]

Oh MARY! Or might I say.. OH MARIETTA!

[@sandymouthbay]

I've just bought it here in Germany in Müller. Maybe your best bet is to buy it on the internet. You wont find it often in shops, or order it in one. I can recommend this, its exceptional! This is how opera should be... Great singing, acting, production... It has everything!

[@sandymouthbay]

Note the piano player - is this supposed to be a representation of a young Erich Korngold?

[@jordipanadesribera6890]

Omg.

[@dg6da]

...it is not a love duett, not at all. He is singing for his dead wife, not for Marietta. And the skeletton of his wife is under the door...

[@annabrandt7246]

☺👏😏

[@b8hovenusa]

But it is still sung in German, who cares where someone is from. It is just beautiful.

[@Vohuslav]

Solo hablo español así que no entiendo la letra pero eso poco importa cuando la música es tan bella

[@Terrierism]

Dr. Manfred Josef .

[@ValentinPasseraH]

Is this really the part play at STRASBOURG in 2001 ? I was in the children chores:-)

[@rudolfsmolej9495]

In der Direktionszeit Rudi Bergers-- ja

[@Olgaalwina]

Ja, es muß so deutsch klingen und es muß ein Tenor - wie hier !!! - mit männlichem Atem singen, nicht säuseln wie man oft hören kann und als Weltklasse "verkaufend" !

[@Altonahh10]

Wir reden doch nicht etwa über Jonas Kaufmann oder - schlimmer noch - Klaus Florian Vogt? ;-)

[@culveyhouse]

@jschultz4 Well, normally you'd be right, but the tenor is supposed to emulate some kind of derangement here. He's stuck in mental pergatory with the skeleton pieces of his wife, for crying out loud. I'd hardly even be coherent, let alone be able to carry a tune.

[@nicholasprakash3411]

Somebody get Paul some meds. This is the most unhinged portrayal I've seen. Paul is supposed to be obssesed, not psychotic.

[@Altonahh10]

That depends on how you understand the story and the psychology of the characters. Obsession can lead to depression, you know

[@nicholasprakash3411]

@@Altonahh10 I read Bruges-la-Morte. This seems more schizophrenic/bi-polar psychosis than depression. I have experience with obsession.

[@lewars1912]

@sandrodream1 Your comment received too many negative votes. I think it's because you put "singed." If you hadn't put that word you would probably have been ok, though you shouldn't have said that "opera should be singed only in Italian." I like Wagner and I don't wish everyone to start singing his Ring Cycle in Italian as it wouldn't sound right. Chinese operas sung in Italian are ok.

[@ericbelify]

It's not performed enough

[@timstores]

if you don't know korngold you better just be quiet....seriously

[@mariasadurniguitart5808]

Es mol bunic amig astimat