Erich Wolfgang Korngold spoke of this work as his “masterpiece”. The Miracle of Heliane bears all the hallmarks of Korngold’s musical theatre – and goes one step further in scale, with a huge score and orchestra, intoxicating pathos and exquisitely expressive harmonies that play with polytonality. This is a timeless fairy tale portraying a cold ruler incapable of loving anyone, his wife Heliane, devoted to a Dionysian stranger, and a people waiting for a redemptory Miracle to accour.
Producer
Naxos Audiovisual Division
Country
Germany
Directed by
Christof Loy
Camera
Götz Filenius
Duration
170 minutes