Opera Screening in Fernie, BC - Die Tote Stadt by Korngold

Celebrating Opera with the Fernie Friends of Opera.

All screenings are on the first Friday of the month at the Arts Station, except March (first Monday).

Admission by donation.

2019 - 2020 Season Screenings:

Friday, September 6: Rigoletto by Verdi

Friday, October 4: Maria Stuarda by Gaetano Donizetti

Friday, November 1: der Rosenkavalier by Richard Strauss

Friday, December 6: The Enchanted Island; a pastiche, but various composers, devised and written by Jeremy Sams

Friday, January 3: Parsifal by Wagner

Friday, February 7: Die Tote Stadt (The Dead City) by Erich Wolfgang Korngold

Suppressed by the Nazis as "decadent", this wonderfully inspired score has Straussian ebb and flow, volcanic eruptions, tender, touching moments, unusual, colorful orchestral effects, not to mention unforgettable melodies. Korngold was only 23 when Die Tote Stadt (The Dead City) was first staged. The opera opens in the rational world, but quickly dissolves into a dark dreamscape of hallucination. This psychological drama mirrors love and memory, death and reality, ending with a beautiful and brave spiritual release.
By the Opera National du Rhin, Strasbourg Philharmonic conducted by Jan Latham-Koenig, directed by Inga Levant
Featuring Angela Denoke, Torsten Kerl
German with English subtitles, 2001, 2:25

Monday, March 9: Faust by Gounod

Friday, April 3: William Tell by Rossini

Friday, May 1: Thais by Massenet

Opera Screening at the Arts Station - Die Tote Stadt by Korngold