Festive Gala from the Semperoper Dresden

Synopsis

In this edition of the Staatskapelle Dresden’s New Year’s Eve concert, every classical music fan is sure to get their money’s worth. Exceptional pianist Igor Levit performs Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 21, perhaps the most famous of Mozart’s piano concertos. “Transparent, without the slightest scratch, he mastered his part, attentive to the orchestra. At times it seemed as if Levit was stroking the keys, only to grow into brilliant virtuosity.” (Dresdner Neueste Nachrichten) South-African soprano Golda Schultz (“a voice with an almost immeasurable range of colours, effortlessly guided and golden in bloom”, Dresdner Neueste Nachrichten), Czech mezzo-soprano Štěpánka Pučálková and Ukrainian baritone Iurii Samoilov take the audience into the world of opera and operetta – from with love arias from Die Zauberflöte, Don Giovanni and Le nozze di Figaro to Strauss, Offenbach, Franz Lehár and Strauss II. Conductor Tugan Sokhiev “proved himself to be a man of unerring precision and precisely differentiated orchestral work.” (Dresdner Neueste Nachrichten) “A splendid programme with splendid soloists” (Dresdner Morgenpost)

Additional Info

• No: A055517910000
• Composer: Mozart, Strauss, Strauß Jr., Lehár, Offenbach
• Conductor: Tugan Sokhiev
• Orchestra: Staatskapelle Dresden
• Artists: Golda Schultz, Stepanka Pucalkova, Iurii Samoilov, Igor Levit
• Production year: 2023
• Run time: 01:27:00
• Director: Julia Möller
• Producers: ZDF, UNITEL, Semperoper Dresden
• Format: HDTV 16:9