Korngold Die tote Stadt - Brussels, October - November 2020

[brendangcarroll]

A post COVID event....let us hope the theatres are open again!

https://www.lamonnaie.be/en/mmm-online/1683-into-die-tote-stadt#

[Alan Howe]

Good news.

Unfortunately the role of Paul is to be sung by the (by then) 59 year-old Roberto Saccà, so it'll be a wobblefest. He's another tenor who has pushed himself into taking up heavier parts when he should have stuck to the lyric repertoire. The problem is is simple: there just aren't enough suitable tenors to go round for roles like this.

[adriano]

I agree, Alan
Saccà already sung "Der ferne Klang" in Zurich years ago - and I was surprised he would take over such repertoire - after great years of Mozart and Rossini. He was scheduled as Herodes this March, in the La Scala production of "Salome", but this would have been a more "half-speaking" part...

[Alan Howe]

Yes: Herod is a part for a 'character tenor'.