26 Sep 2006

A Mystery Opera, Played Out on Both the Stage and the Screen

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/26/arts/music/26stad.html

By ANTHONY TOMMASINI [NY Times, 26 September 2006]

In the 1930’s the Austrian-born composer Erich Wolfgang Korngold, working in Hollywood, essentially invented the symphonic film score, thrilling audiences with his music for “Captain Blood,” “The Adventures of Robin Hood” and other swashbuckling favorites.