Product Description Die tote Stadt may be better known for the lushly orchestrated lyricism of its music but the psychological acuity of its exploration of grief and memory is no less impressive from a composer who was still 23 when Otto Klemperer conducted the premiere in Cologne in 1920. Korngolds gift for a tune ensured that his star has hardly waned since then though the opera is rarely staged Kasper Holtens insightful and restrained production is a rare chance to see and hear an opera