Festive Advent Concert at the Frauenkirche Dresden 2022

Synopsis

Two world-renowned singing stars are this edition’s guests at the “Festive Advent Concert”, German TV’s most successful concert series: soprano Diana Damrau and tenor Mauro Peter. The young French conductor Marie Jacquot leads the Staatskapelle Dresden for the first time. With the 2024/25 season, Marie Jacquot will take over as Musical Director of the Royal Danish Theatre in Copenhagen. In addition to the Staatskapelle Dresden, two choirs complete the cast of the 2022 “Advent Concert”: the Sächsischer Staatsopernchor Dresden and the Kammerchor der Frauenkirche. The choir’s director, the cantor of the Dresden Frauenkirche, Matthias Grünert, also appears as organist. “The Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden and the Sächsischer Staatsoperchor once again proved their quality.“ (Online Merker)

Additional Info

• No: A055516640000
• Composer: Humperdinck, Praetorius, Vivaldi, Handel, Bach, Mozart, Franck
• Conductor: Marie Jacquot
• Orchestra: Staatskapelle Dresden; Sächsischer Staatsopernchor, Dresdner Kammerchor
• Artists: Diana Damrau, Nicole Chirka, Mauro Peter, Piotr Beczała
• Production year: 2022
• Run time: 00:58:00
• Director: Elisabeth Malzer
• Producers: ZDF, UNITEL, Staatskapelle Dresden, Stiftung Frauenkirche Dresden
• Format: HDTV 16:9