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DresdenDie Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute)
Mozart: Die Zauberflöte
Katharina Müllner; Josef Ernst Köpplinger; Semperoper Dresden; Nicholas Carter; Giulio Cilona; Walter Vogelweider; Dagmar Morell
DresdenIntermezzo
Strauss R.: Intermezzo
Patrick Hahn; Axel Ranisch; Semperoper Dresden; Saskia Wunsch; Alfred Mayerhofer; Fabio Antoci; Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden
DresdenRigoletto
Verdi: Rigoletto
Francesco Angelico; Nikolaus Lehnhoff; Semperoper Dresden; Raimund Bauer; Bettina Walter; Paul Pyant; Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden
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Folk rhythms and changing times in Dresden's Bartered Bride
What brought real distinction and authenticity to the evening, as so often in this house, was the outstanding playing of the Staatskapelle conducted by Tomaš Netopil. From the start of the overture with its rapidly scurrying fugato for strings and pointed phrasing from the woodwind one felt the true sense of Smetana’s Czech inflected rhythms and harmonies