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Semperoper Dresden: as Easter gift

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Anne Schwanewilms © Dresden/Photo: Matthias Creutziger

»« launches opera video stream of the Semperoper at the Easter weekend

Dresden, 9 April 2020: With a production of Richard Strauss’s »Der Rosenkavalier« from the year 2000, the Semperoper Dresden is for the first time inviting music fans to enjoy star- studded opera via an online stream this Easter weekend. Director Uwe Erik Laufenberg staged the work, which premiered in Dresden in 1911, as a modern homage to the composer, a greatly beloved figure at the Semperoper. The celebrated Strauss interpreter Anne Schwanewilms appears as the Feldmarschallin under the baton of Fabio Luisi. From Maundy Thursday (April 9, 2020) to Easter Monday (April 13, 2020), this video recording from Tokyo’s NHK Hall in 2007 is available for streaming through our website semperoper.de under »Semperoper at home«. This weekend’s opera stream has been made possible by the generous granting of broadcasting rights by MDR and EuroArts. The DVD version of the performance is available for purchase.

Thanks to UNITEL GmbH, »Semperoper at home«-streams will also be offered on the following weekends with a recording of ’s »« (April 17 - 19, 2020) and ’s »« (April 24 – 26, 2020) from Salzburg’s Large Festival Hall in 2015. Originally director Philipp Stölzl staged this co-production between Saxon State Opera and the Salzburg Easter Festival as an operatic double bill; the Dresden premiere took place in January 2016. The star-studded cast, headed by Annalisa Stroppa and , perform under , Principal Conductor of the Dresden Staatskapelle. UNITEL videos are permanently available on fidelio.at, the streaming portal for classical music operated by ORF and UNITEL.

Should current restrictions on live events continue under the Corona crisis, music lovers can look forward to further highlights from the Semperoper repertoire at future weekend streams. All programme details will be announced on our website.

From 9 to 13 April 2020: Richard Strauss’s »Der Rosenkavalier« from Tokyo’s NHK Hall in November 2007 (Production by Uwe Erik Laufenberg, premiered in Dresden on 29 October 2000) With Anne Schwanewilms, Anke Vondung, Maki Mori, Kurt Rydl, Hans-Joachim Ketelsen

The Sächsische is conducted by Fabio Luisi. Also featuring the Sächsische Staatsopernchor Dresden and the Semperoper Children’s Choir. From 17 to 19 April 2020: Pietro Mascagni’s »Cavalleria rusticana« from the Salzburg’s Large Festival Hall on March 28, 2015 (Dresden premiere of this production by Philipp Stölzl was held on 16 January 2016) With Annalisa Stroppa, Liudmyla Monastyrska,·Stefania Toczyska, Jonas Kaufmann, Ambrogio Maestri The Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden performs under Principal Conductor Christian Thielemann. Featuring the Sächsische Staatsopernchor Dresden along with the Children’s Choir of the and Theatre.

From 24 to 26 April 2020: Ruggero Leoncavallo’s »Pagliacci« from the Salzburg’s Large Festival Hall on March 28, 2015 (Dresden premiere of this production by Philipp Stölzl was held on 16 January 2016) With Maria Agresta, Jonas Kaufmann, Tansel Akzeybek, Alessio Arduini, Dimitri Platanias· The Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden performs under Principal Conductor Christian Thielemann. Featuring the Sächsische Staatsopernchor Dresden along with the Children’s Choir of the Salzburg Festival and Theatre.

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