'Die Tote Stadt'

Music Review 'Die Tote Stadt'
A Mystery Opera, Played Out on Both the Stage and the Screen


By ANTHONY TOMMASINI

Published: September 26, 2006
In the 1930’s the Austrian-born composer Erich Wolfgang Korngold, working in Hollywood, essentially invented the symphonic film score, thrilling audiences with his music for “Captain Blood,” “The Adventures of Robin Hood” and other swashbuckling favorites.