HAPPY NEW YEAR Die Operettengala Aus Dresden Staatskapelle Dresden · Christian Thielemann INGEBORG SCHÖPF Piotr Beczala HAPPY NEW YEAR DIE OPERETTENGALA AUS DRESDEN

HAPPY NEW YEAR Die Operettengala Aus Dresden Staatskapelle Dresden · Christian Thielemann INGEBORG SCHÖPF Piotr Beczala HAPPY NEW YEAR DIE OPERETTENGALA AUS DRESDEN

HAPPY NEW YEAR DIE OPERETTENGALA AUS DRESDEN STAATSKAPELLE DRESDEN · CHRISTIAN THIELEMANN INGEBORG SCHÖPF PIOTR BECZALA HAPPY NEW YEAR DIE OPERETTENGALA AUS DRESDEN INGEBORG SCHÖPF soprano · PIOTR BECZALA tenor SÄCHSISCHER STAATSOPERNCHOR Chorus Master: Pablo Assante STAATSKAPELLE DRESDEN CHRISTIAN THIELEMANN 2 L Ein kleiner Slowfox mit Mary (from Die Herzogin von Chicago) EMMERICH KÁLMÁN (1882–1953) INGEBORG SCHÖPF (Mary) · SÄCHSISCHER STAATSOPERNCHOR A Gräfin Mariza: Ouvertüre M Heut Nacht hab ich geträumt von dir (from Das Veilchen vom Montmartre) PIOTR BECZALA B Komm, Zigány (from Gräfin Mariza) PIOTR BECZALA (Tassilo) N Tanzen möcht’ ich (from Die Csárdásfürstin) INGEBORG SCHÖPF (Sylva) · PIOTR BECZALA (Edwin) C Einmal möcht’ ich wieder tanzen (from Gräfin Mariza) INGEBORG SCHÖPF (Mariza) · PIOTR BECZALA (Tassilo) D Die Bajadere: Intermezzo ENCORES E Heia, heia, in den Bergen ist mein Heimatland (from Die Csárdásfürstin) INGEBORG SCHÖPF (Sylva) · SÄCHSISCHER STAATSOPERNCHOR ROBERT STOLZ (1880–1975) O F Weißt du es noch? (from Die Csárdásfürstin) Ob blond, ob braun, ich liebe alle Frau’n INGEBORG SCHÖPF (Sylva) · PIOTR BECZALA (Edwin) PIOTR BECZALA G Zwei Märchenaugen (from Die Zirkusprinzessin) EMMERICH KÁLMÁN PIOTR BECZALA (Mister X) P Carrambolina, Carramboletta (from Das Veilchen vom Montmartre) H Kaiserin Josephine: Ballett & Ensemble INGEBORG SCHÖPF (Ninon) · SÄCHSISCHER STAATSOPERNCHOR Q I Mein Traum, mein Traum (from Kaiserin Josephine) Ich tanz mit dir ins Himmelreich (from Der Zigeunerprimas) INGEBORG SCHÖPF (Josephine) INGEBORG SCHÖPF (Sári) · PIOTR BECZALA (Gaston) J Wenn es Abend wird (Grüß mir mein Wien) (from Gräfin Mariza) JOHANN STRAUSS II (1825–1899) PIOTR BECZALA (Tassilo) R An der Elbe Walzer op. 477 K Der Teufelsreiter: Grand Palotas de la Reine 3 nexation of Austria, he had to leave Vienna at the very exude a mood of bitter melancholy that points the way HAPPY NEW YEAR height of his career. He emigrated to the United States, ahead to the composer’s years in exile. A Kálmán Gala from the Dresden State Opera but in spite of his great popularity, he was never able The gala’s encores also feature related numbers to repeat the successes of his earlier years. He returned from works by other composers. With “Ob blond, ob to Europe after the war only to discover that he was no braun, ich liebe alle Frau’n” from Robert Stolz’s hit fi lm It is now a tradition for the New Year to be rung in to can handle The Merry Widow,” he says, exaggerating to longer welcomed with open arms in Vienna but greeted Ich liebe alle Frau’n, Piotr Beczala effortlessly conquers the sound of light music at Gottfried Semper’s Dresden make a point, “will have no problems with Lohengrin.” by a press campaign aimed at dispossessing him of his the hearts of his female listeners, while Ingeborg Schöpf Opera: since 2010 Christian Thielemann – a conduc- In 2010 and 2011 Thielemann conducted highlights villa in the city. He fi nally settled in Paris, where he died undoubtedly casts as great a spell not just on her male tor normally associated with the great Romantic and from the operettas of Franz Lehár. For his third oper- in 1953. His music combines the “gypsy” idiom that was listeners with “Carrambolina, Carramboletta” from Das late- Romantic repertory – has conducted the Dresden etta gala from Dresden he has turned his attention to then believed to be typically Hungarian with the strains Veilchen vom Montmartre. The two singers then join Staatskapelle’s annual New Year’s Eve concert, ringing Emme rich Kálmán, a composer about whom he is no of the Viennese waltz, creating a wholly distinctive style forces in the waltz duet “Ich tanz mit dir ins Himmel- out the old year to festively infectious music and offering less passionate than Lehár. On this occasion he found melodically orientated towards Puccini, but with radiant reich” from Kálmán’s early success, Der Zigeunerprimas a treat not only to his audience in the opera house but two enthusiastic partners in Ingeborg Schöpf and Piotr tone colours that also reveal the infl uence of Tchaikovsky. (1913), which the composer conducted in Dresden’s also to viewers at home. On the eve of 2013 this musical Beczala. The leading soprano from the Dresden State Kálmán’s highly personal style is particularly pro- Residenztheater exactly a century ago. Finally Christian fi rework display was a particularly memorable occa- Operetta company stepped in at the very last minute for nounced in his two most successful operettas, Gräfi n Thielemann and his orchestra bid farewell to their au- sion for Thielemann, who in September 2012 offi cially an indisposed Diana Damrau, while the internationally Mariza and Die Csárdásfürstin, whose gypsy idiom and dience and to the old year with Johann Strauss’s very took up his new position as principal conductor of the acclaimed tenor is making his second appearance at one csárdás rhythms may be heard in a series of famous ex- last waltz: the sounds of An der Elbe op. 477 seem to Dresden Staatskapelle after a “betrothal” lasting several of Dresden’s New Year’s Eve Concerts. They are joined by cerpts at Dresden’s New Year’s Eve concert. Die Zirkus- fl ow directly into the Danube and for the third year in a years and numerous guest appearances. He must also the Dresden State Opera Chorus and, at least for televi- prinzessin is represented by a tenor aria, “Zwei Märch- row convey Dresden’s greetings to Vienna, the city as- have looked forward to 2013 with special delight as the sion viewers, the Dresden Opera Ballet. Both chorus and enaugen”, sung by a character introduced as Mister X. sociated more than any other with the New Year’s Day world of music prepares to celebrate the bicentenary of ballet company have proved their affi nity with the world But unknown works by the composer are also included Concert. No new year can be as harmonious as this one: Wagner’s birth. After all, Thielemann is not only widely of operetta over the course of the last three years. in the programme: listeners are unlikely to be familiar “Prosit, Kálmán!” and Happy New Year! regarded as the leading Wagner conductor of the pres- Together with Franz Lehár, the Hungarian Emmerich with the numbers from Kaiserin Josephine, Die Bajadere ent day, but Wagner himself was one of Thielemann’s Kálmán is widely seen as a leading fi gure in the silver and Der Teufelsreiter. With Die Herzogin von Chicago Tobias Niederschlag predecessors as conductor of the Dresden Staatskapelle, age of operetta, making a number of lasting contribu- (1928) and “Ein kleiner Slowfox mit Mary”, Kálmán ex- Translation: Daphne Ellis at that date still known as the Dresden Hofkapelle. tions to the genre with works such as Die Csárdásfürstin plored new territory by embracing American light music, Time and again in recent years Thielemann has drawn (1915), Gräfi n Mariza (1924) and Die Zirkusprinzessin with the result that the work was declared “degenerate” parallels between the heavyweight Wagner and lighter (1926). Even so, he continues to be overshadowed by and banned by the National Socialists. With hindsight, works, his principal aim being to demonstrate the skills Lehár, a circumstance perhaps due in part to his far more the tango “Heut Nacht hab ich geträumt von dir” from he acquired while conducting operettas: “Anyone who tragic life: in 1938, following the National Socialists’ an- Das Veilchen vom Montmartre (1930) likewise seems to 4 er nach Europa zurück und musste nun feststellen, dass tert. So erobert Piotr Beczala mit dem Robert-Stolz- HAPPY NEW YEAR man ihn in Wien keineswegs mit offenen Armen emp- Filmschlager »Ob blond, ob braun, ich liebe alle Frau’n« Eine Kálmán-Gala aus der Semperoper fi ng (sondern mit einer Pressekampagne, die auf die mühelos die Frauenherzen; im Gegenzug betört Ingeborg Enteignung seiner Wiener Villa abzielte). So ließ er sich Schöpf mit »Carrambolina, Carramboletta« aus Das schließlich in Paris nieder, wo er 1953 starb. In seiner Veilchen vom Montmartre nicht nur ihre männlichen Die leichte Muse zum Jahreswechsel hat in der Sem- Nach Höhepunkten aus den Operetten Franz Lehárs Musik verband Kálmán die damals als typisch ungarisch Zuhörer. Zum Schluss dann das Walzer-Duett »Ich tanz peroper inzwischen Tradition: Seit 2010 dirigiert Christian in den Jahren 2010 und 2011 widmete sich Thielemann geltende »Zigeunermusik« mit dem Wiener Walzer zu mit dir ins Himmelreich« aus dem frühen Operettenerfolg Thielemann, ansonsten der Mann für das große roman- im dritten Jahrgang der »Operettengala aus Dresden« einem individuellen Stil, der sich melodisch an Puccini Der Zigeunerprimas, den Kálmán 1913 (vor genau 100 tische und spätromantische Repertoire, dort alljährlich nun mit Leidenschaft dem Schaffen Emmerich Kálmáns orientiert und in seinem leuchtenden Klangkolorit auch Jahren) im Dresdner Residenztheater selbst dirigierte – das Silvesterkonzert der Sächsischen Staatskapelle und fand hierfür in Ingeborg Schöpf und Piotr Beczala den Einfl uss Tschaikowskys erkennen lässt. bevor sich Christian Thielemann und sein Orchester mit Dresden und beschert dem Publikum vor Ort und an den zwei begeisterte Partner; die Erste Sängerin der Staats- Besonders ausgeprägt ist Kálmáns Personalstil in Johann Strauss’ allerletztem Walzer vom Publikum und Fernsehbildschirmen einen festlich-mitreißenden Jahres- operette Dresden war kurzfristig für die erkrankte Diana den Erfolgsoperetten Gräfi n Mariza und Die Csárdás- vom alten Jahr verabschieden: Die Klänge von An der ausklang. An der Schwelle zum Jahr 2013 stand dieses Damrau eingesprungen, während der internationale Star- fürstin, deren Zigeuner-Idiom und Csárdás-Rhythmen im Elbe op. 477 scheinen direkt in die Donau einzumünden musikalische Silvesterfeuerwerk für Thielemann unter tenor schon zum zweiten Mal zu Gast beim Dresdner Sil- Dresdner Silvesterkonzert in einer Reihe berühmter Aus- und senden, nun schon zum dritten Mal, einen Gruß in besonderen Vorzeichen: Nach mehrjähriger »Verlobungs- vesterkonzert war.

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