Die tote Stadt

C. 1924: Among the oldest recordings of the score are three sides made for by Lotte Lehmann, Richard Tauber and George Szell soon after the Berlin premiere in April 1924; Maria Jeritza and Maria Nemeth, both involved in early performances of the opera, have also left recordings of the "Lute Song", while Karl Hammes and Richard Mayr, among the first to sing Fritz, recorded the Pierrotlied ("Mein Sehnen, mein Wähnen") from act 2.

Odeon Records

1952: studio production, available from Opera Today^[6] which includes Maud Cunitz and Karl Friedrich, Fritz Lehmann conducting

Bayerischer Rundfunk

1975: recording, with Carol Neblett, René Kollo, Hermann Prey, and Benjamin Luxon, conducted by Erich Leinsdorf, RCA Victor CD 87767, recorded in Studio 1 des Bayerischen Rundfunks im Münchner Funkhaus in June 1975

RCA Victor

1983: , with James King, Karan Armstrong, and William Murray, conducted by Heinrich Hollreiser, and directed by Götz Friedrich (DVD: Arthaus Musik 101 656)

Deutsche Oper Berlin

1996: Leif Segerstam, Dalayman, Tobiasson, Sunnegårdh, Bergström, live in Stockholm, on

Naxos

2001: , Angela Denoke and the Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg, conducted by Jan Latham-Koenig, Opéra national du Rhin 2001, (DVD: Arthaus Musik 100 343)

Torsten Kerl

2003: , Emily Magee (Marietta / Die Erscheinung Mariens), Cornelia Kallisch (Brigitta), Norbert Schmittberg (Paul), Olaf Bär (Frank / Fritz), live in Zurich, EMI

Franz Welser-Möst

2004: , Angela Denoke (Marietta / Die Erscheinung Mariens), Daniela Denschlag (Brigitta), Torsten Kerl (Paul), Bo Skovhus (Frank / Fritz), live in Salzburg, Orfeo

Donald Runnicles

2009: and the Frankfurter Opern- und Museumsorchester recorded the opera live in November 2009 for Oehms Classics.

Sebastian Weigle

2009: in Venice, with Stefan Vinke, Solveig Kringelborn, and Stephan Genz, conducted by Eliahu Inbal, staged and designed by Pier Luigi Pizzi (DVD: Dynamic)

Teatro La Fenice

2010: , with Klaus Florian Vogt, Camilla Nylund, and Markus Eiche, conducted by Mikko Franck, staged by Kasper Holten, designed by Es Devlin (DVD: Opus Arte 2013); same production as performed at New National Theatre Tokyo (March 2014) with Torsten Kerl and Meagan Miller^[7] (TV: NHK Premium Theater: 12 May 2014)

Finnish National Opera

2021 and DVD release of Bayerische Staatsoper's 2019 production, conducted by Kirill Petrenko and staged by Simon Stone, with Jonas Kaufmann (Paul), Marlis Petersen (Marietta), released by Bayerische Staatsoper Recordings (BSOREC2001).

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(1992). "Tote Stadt, Die (The Dead City)". Grove Music Online (8th ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.O905004. ISBN 978-1-56159-263-0.

Palmer, Christopher

: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project

Die tote Stadt

at Wikimedia Commons

German/English libretto

Korngold Society's synopsis

Schott Music

Die tote Stadt, Details

at IMDb , directed by Brian Large

Die tote Stadt TV 1983

at OrpheusIreland.ie

English translation facing German original