Dresden

Verdi’s Un ballo in maschera at the Semperoper Dresden: the stage revolves, the drama stands still

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GermanyGermany Verdi, Un ballo in maschera: Soloists, Sächsischer Staatsopernchor Dresden, Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden / Daniele Gatti (conductor). Semperoper Dresden, 4.10.2026. (AB)

Yulia Matochkina (Ulrica), Nicole Car (Amelia) and Germán Enrique Alcántara (Renato) © Jochen Quast

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Visiting Dresden the Rotterdam Phil give a compelling concert, with Malofeev’s Grieg the crowning stroke

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GermanyGermany Dresden Music Festival 2026 [8] – Wagenaar, Grieg, Brahms: Alexander Malofeev (piano), Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra / Lahav Shani (conductor). Kulturpalast Dresden, 2.6.2026. (MC)

Alexander Malofeev in concert with the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra at Kulturpalast Dresden © Stephan Floss

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Nadja Loschky’s Carmen disappointed in a production saved by the professionalism of the performers

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GermanyGermany Bizet, Carmen: Soloists, Semperoper Children’s Choir, Saxon State Opera Chorus and Orchestra / Lorenzo Passerini (conductor). Semperoper Dresden, 1.6.2026. (MC)

[l-r] Eve-Maud Hubeaux (Carmen), Lasse Myhr (Alter Ego of Don José), Attilio Glaser (Don José) and Marjukka Tepponen (Micaëla) © Monika Rittershaus

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With such a first-class cast it was hard not to be delighted by Dresden’s uplifting Nino Rota rarity

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GermanyGermany Nino Rota, Il cappello di paglia di Firenze (Der Florentiner Hut / The Italian Straw Hat): Soloists, Saxon State Opera Chorus and Orchestra / Daniele Squeo (conductor). Semperoper Dresden, 31.5.2026. (MC)

Semperoper Dresden’s The Italian Straw Hat © Mark Schulze Steinen

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A polished and unified Dresden performance is proof that the Hagen Quartet will be missed

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GermanyGermany Dresden Music Festival 2026 [5] – Beethoven, Haydn, Schubert: Hagen Quartet (Lukas Hagen, Rainer Schmidt [violins], Veronika Hagen [viola], Clemens Hagen [cello]) with Julia Hagen (cello). Palais im Grossen Garten, Dresden, 27.5.2026. (MC)

Cellist Julia Hagen with the Hagen Quartet © Marco Borrelli

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