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Christian thielemannstaatskapelle DresDen
Jonas kaufmann
the
Wagnergala
from thesemperoper DresDen
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“Dresden is still the only place on earth where I feel at home, everywhere else I am a stranger,” wrote Richard Wagner in 1858 in a letter to his first wife Minna. Wagner felt Dresden to be home, and the city did much to shape his intellectual and artistic development: after spending his childhood and early years there, from 1843 to 1849 he was the Royal Saxon Kapellmeister of the Dresden Hofkapelle (court orchestra) - as the Staatskapelle was then known.
In memory of the great composer, and mindful of its own Wagner tradition, the Staatskapelle staged a glittering gala concert in the Semperoper on the eve of Richard Wagner’s bicentenary. It was directed by its Principal Conductor Christian Thielemann, 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 to the Wagner operas written and premiered in Dresden - 1842 Rienzi, 1843 The Flying Dutchman and 1845 Tannhäuser - and great tenor scenes from Rienzi, Tannhäuser and Lohengrin. Wagner’s works were counterpointed by Hans-Werner Henze’s Fraternité, Air pour l’orchestre.
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Tenor Jonas Kaufmann
Produced by ACCENTUS Music Video Director Michael Beyer
Length: 108' Shot in HDTV 1080/50i
Cat. no. A055500380000
RICHARD WAGNEROverture to Der fliegende Holländer
A Faust Overture in D minor (1855 Version) Rienzi’s prayer “Allmächt’ger Vater”
Overture to Rienzi Prelude to Lohengrin
Lohengrin’s Grail Narration “In fernem Land” (original version)
HANS WERNER HENZEFraternité – Air pour l’orchestre (1999)
RICHARD WAGNERTannhäuser’s Rome Narration “Inbrunst im Herzen”
Overture to Tannhäuser
Conductor Christian Thielemann Orchestra Staatskapelle Dresden Chorus Sächsischer Staatsopernchor Dresden Chorus Master Pablo Assante
A production of UNITEL in co-production with ZDF for Arte,
Semperoper Dresden and CLASSICA
the
Wagnergala
from thesemperoper DresDen