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THE WAGNER GFROMALA THE SEMPEROPER DRESDEN CHRISTIAN THIELEMANN STAATSKAPELLE DRESDEN JONAS KAUFMANN THE WAGNER GFROMALA THE SEMPEROPER DRESDEN RICHARD WAGNER “Dresden is still the only place on earth where I feel at home, Overture to Der fliegende Holländer everywhere else I am a stranger,” wrote Richard Wagner in 1858 A Faust Overture in D minor (1855 Version) in a letter to his first wife Minna. Wagner felt Dresden to be Rienzi’s prayer “Allmächt’ger Vater” home, and the city did much to shape his intellectual and artistic Overture to Rienzi development: after spending his childhood and early years there, Prelude to Lohengrin from 1843 to 1849 he was the Royal Saxon Kapellmeister of the Lohengrin’s Grail Narration “In fernem Land” (original version) Dresden Hofkapelle (court orchestra) - as the Staatskapelle was then known. HANS WERNER HENZE Fraternité – Air pour l’orchestre (1999) In memory of the great composer, and mindful of its own Wagner tradition, the Staatskapelle staged a glittering gala concert in RICHARD WAGNER the Semperoper on the eve of Richard Wagner’s bicentenary. Tannhäuser’s Rome Narration “Inbrunst im Herzen” It was directed by its Principal Conductor Christian Thielemann, Overture to Tannhäuser indisputably one of the great Wagner conductors of the present day. He was joined by the hottest young heroic tenor of recent years, Jonas Kaufmann. The programme featured the overtures Conductor Christian Thielemann to the Wagner operas written and premiered in Dresden - 1842 Orchestra Staatskapelle Dresden Rienzi, 1843 The Flying Dutchman and 1845 Tannhäuser - and Chorus Sächsischer great tenor scenes from Rienzi, Tannhäuser and Lohengrin. · Flyer: luebbeke.com Flyer: · Staatsopernchor Dresden Wagner’s works were counterpointed by Hans-Werner Henze’s Chorus Master Pablo Assante Fraternité, Air pour l’orchestre. Tenor Jonas Kaufmann Produced by ACCENTUS Music Video Director Michael Beyer Length: 108' Shot in HDTV 1080/50i Cat. no. A055500380000 A production of UNITEL in co-production with ZDF for Arte, Semperoper Dresden and CLASSICA World Sales: All rights reserved · credits not contractual Matthias Different Photos: © territories credits · not rights · All reserved Creutziger · Tel. +49.30.30306464 [email protected] Unitel GmbH & Co. KG, Germany · Tel. +49.89.673469-630 · [email protected] www.unitelclassica.com.

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