Also available on Blu-ray THE WAGNER GALA In memory of the great Richard Wagner and mindful of their own Wagner tradition, the Staatskapelle Dresden staged...

Also available on Blu-ray

THE WAGNER GALA

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)

Richard Wagner:
Der fliegende Holländer: Overture
A Faust Overture
Rienzi (excerpts)
Lohengrin (excerpts)
Tannhäuser (excerpts)

Hans Werner Henze: Fraternité

Jonas Kaufmann, tenor
Dresden Staatskapelle
Christian Thielemann, conductor

Recorded live at the Semperoper, Dresden, 21 May 2013

Picture format: NTSC 16:9
Sound format: Dolby Digital 2. 0 / DTS 5.1
Region code: 0 (worldwide)
Subtitles: German, English, French, Spanish, Korean, Chinese
Running time: 117 mins
No. of DVDs: 1 (DVD 9)