Composer:Richard Wagner
Conductor:Christian Thielemann
Orchestra:Staatskapelle Dresden / Sächsischer Staatsopernchor Dresden
Artists:Jonas Kaufmann
Year:2013-11
Run time:01:57:00
Director:Michael Beyer
Overture 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)
Tannhäuser’s Rome Narration “Inbrunst im Herzen”
Overture to Tannhäuser
Entry of the Guests from Tannhäuser
Hans Werner Henze
Fraternité
Air pour l’orchestre (1999)
In memory of the great Richard Wagner and mindful of their own Wagner tradition, the Staatskapelle Dresden staged this glittering gala concert in the Semperoper on the eve of Richard Wagner’s bicentenary. They were directed by their principal conductor Christian Thielemann, indisputably one of the great Wagner conductors of our time, and he was joined by the hottest young heroic tenor of recent years, Jonas Kaufmann. The programme features the overtures to the Wagner operas written and premiered in Dresden – 1842 Rienzi, 1843 The Flying Dutchman and 1845 Tannhäuser – as well as great tenor scenes from Rienzi, Tannhäuser and Lohengrin. “Star tenor Jonas Kaufmann was celebrated with bravos and tumultuous applause – as were the musicians and Thielemann.” (Focus)