The nation's press celebrate the premiere of Korngold's Die Tote Stadt at the Royal Opera House tomorrow night with a veritable tidal wave of articles on the man and his music. Making up for lost time?
Neil Fisher in the Times and Jessica Duchen in the Independent contribute overviews of Korngold's career.
Norman Lebrecht provides the Evening Standard with his usual blend of fact, fiction and everything in between.
Ivan Hewett in the Daily Telegraph bravely finds the composer "endearing but somewhat self indulgent" - a criticism enraged Korngoldistas force him to defend in a second piece.
And there are interviews with all three principals online.
Classical Source talk to tenor Stephen Gould, who paid his early dues not with endless Taminos, but touring in Phantom of the Opera.
MusicOMH interview Nadja Michael, who will be wearing nearly the zack same frock she did for her last Covent Garden appearance, as Salome. Ooh, look, they've saved on the wig too.
2009 will be the Year Of Gerald Finley - Musical Criticism get the lowdown on his many activities this season.
Finally there's always the Korngold Society and their comprehensive and regularly-updated website.
all rehearsal photos: Royal Opera House
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