Festive Gala at the Semperoper Dresden: From Berlin to Broadway – The Golden Twenties

Synopsis

The Semperoper Dresden invites the public into the New Year with songs, hits and operetta classics from Berlin to Broadway: In the festive ambiance of the Semper Opera House, the audience of the New Year’s Eve concert, which have now become a tradition, can expect lively melodies from the “Golden Twenties”. Under the direction of Christian Thielemann, excerpts from “Metropolis” will be heard alongside well-known film hits from the heyday of cinema in the transition from silent to sound film. Berlin as the glorious center of a new, independent operetta era and New York with its Broadway musicals and George Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue”, played by Igor Levit, are the musical focal points of the program.

Additional Info

• No: A055514740000
• Composer: Gershwin, Strauß, Lehár, Kálmán, Stolz, Benatzky
• Conductor: Christian Thielemann
• Orchestra: Staatskapelle Dresden, Salonorchester der Staatskapelle Dresden
• Artists: Igor Levit, Hanna-Elisabeth Müller, Saimir Pirgu
• Production year: 2021
• Run time: 01:27:00
• Producers: ZDF, UNITEL, Semperoper Dresden
• Format: HDTV 16:9