Erich Wolfgang Korngold (born May 29, 1897 in Brno; died November 29, 1957 in Los Angeles) was an Austro-American composer, conductor and pianist. As a composer he achieved great fame through the opera Die tote Stadt from 1920 and saw himself as a representative of modern classical music. He came to the United States in 1934 to compose film music. In 1938, because of his Jewish origins and National Socialism, he decided to stay with his family in the USA for good. There he received two Oscars for the films "A restless life" and "Robin Hood, King of the Vagabonds" - his most famous film score.
Erich Wolfgang Korngold was the son of the music critic Julius Korngold, brother of Hans Robert Korngold and nephew of the theater actor and writer Eduard Kornau (actually Eduard Korngold). His first teacher was Robert Fuchs. He later became a student of Alexander von Zemlinsky and Hermann Graedener.
The young Erich Wolfgang was considered a child prodigy in Vienna. At the age of eleven he caused a sensation with the composition of the pantomime ballet "Der Schneemann". The original piano work was orchestrated by Alexander von Zemlinsky and premiered in 1910 in the choreography by Carl Godlewski under the direction of Franz Schalk at the Vienna Court Opera. Then Korngold was promoted by the Viennese aristocracy. At the age of thirteen he wrote piano sonatas. A drama overture and a sinfonietta followed. His youthful works were often performed by prominent musicians of the early 20th century, e. B. Bruno Walter, Artur Schnabel, Arthur Nikisch, Wilhelm Furtwängler, Felix Weingartner and Richard Strauss.
Korngold's opera compositions "Der Ring des Polykrates" and "
Violanta" (both 1916), "Die tote Stadt" (1920), "Das Wunder der Heliane" (1927) had great success in their time and made him - along with Richard Strauss - a most performed opera composers in Austria and Germany.
Korngold felt himself to be a representative of modernism. His G major violin sonata op. 6 was played on March 9, 1919 in Schoenberg's Association for Private Musical Performances. However, Korngold never left the tonality.
Violanta is an opera in one act by Erich Wolfgang Korngold based on a libretto by Hans Müller-Einigen.
After "Der Ring des Polykrates", "Violanta" is the second opera by Erich Wolfgang Korngold, which he composed at the age of seventeen. Because the work was too short to be performed on its own, it was not premiered until March 28, 1916 as the first part of the evening in front of the "Ring des Polykrates" under the direction of Bruno Walter in the Munich Court Theater.
A Beginning = beginning = Début = Inizio 22:31
B Continuation = continuation = suite = Attacca 18:41
C Continuation = continuation = suite = Attacca 14:43
D Conclusion = conclusion = fin = conclusion 17:47
Recorded by: Bayerischer Rundfunk
In the concert hall of the Bavarian Radio Munich
Contributors
Singers
Bass [Simone Trovai]: Walter Berry
Soprano [Violanta]: Eva Marton
Tenor [Alfonso]: Siegfried Jerusalem
Tenor [Giovanni Bracca]: Horst R. Laubenthal
Soprano [Bice]: Gertraut Stoklassa
Mezzo-Soprano [Barbara]: Ruth Hesse
Tenor [Matteo]: Manfred Schmidt
Tenor [First Soldier] - Heinrich Weber
Bass [Second Soldier]: Paul Hansen
Soprano [first maid] - Karin Hautermann
Alt [second maid]: Renate Freyer
Choir: Bavarian Radio Choir
Choir conductor: Heinz Mende
Orchestra: Munich Radio Orchestra
Conductor: Marek Jankowski
Notes [brochure]: Christopher Palmer
Notes [introduction]: Dr. Karl Bohm
Notes [back of box]: Prof. Marcel Prawy
Libretto: Hans Müller
Libretto: English translation by K.H.B. De Jaffa
Libretto: French translation by Pierre Malbos
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Design brochure: Peter Nutter
Sound engineer: Alfons Seebacher
Art Direction: Allen Weinberg
Radio producer: Theodor Holzinger
Executive producer: Prof. Marcel Prawy
Producer: George Korngold
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