Oper konzertant

Tristan and Isolde

Marek Janowski conducts Wagner's great love drama
© Sasha Vasiljev

3/9

Sunday | 3/09/2025
4:00 pm Start of Concert
Konzertsaal im Kulturpalast, Dresden
Schloßstr. 2, 01067 Dresden
Floor Plan

3/15

Saturday | 3/15/2025
4:00 pm Start of Concert
Konzertsaal im Kulturpalast, Dresden
Schloßstr. 2, 01067 Dresden
Floor Plan

About the Concert

Tickets for this event will be available from 12.06.2024 from 10 am.

Richard Wagner stands for overwhelming operas. And Marek Janowski stands for the fine art of making these works not only sound, but also speak. After the great success of the "Ring of the Nibelung", he returns with "Tristan and Isolde". Through the power of a love potion, Tristan and Isolde have fatefully fallen for each other, but the princess Isolde is promised to Marke, the king and Tristan's feudal lord. The lovers live their union in secret, but this must inevitably be discovered and lead to catastrophe. Wagner has found a musical language for this that is hard to resist despite its excessive length.

Program

Richard Wagner
"Tristan and Isolde" - "Plot in three acts" Music drama
Tristan and Isolde

Contributer

Marek Janowski
Conductor
Stuart Skelton
Tenor (Tristan)
Georg Zeppenfeld
Bass (King Mark)
Anja Kampe
Soprano (Isolde)
Markus Eiche
Baritone (Kurwenal)
Sebastian Wartig
Bass (Melot)
Marina Prudenskaya
Mezzosopran (Brangien)
Kangyoon Shine Lee
Tenor (A shepherd)
Joseph Dennis
Tenor (A young sailor)
Herren des Sächsischen Staatsopernchores
Dresdner Philharmonie

Biographies

Marek Janowski

As former Chief Conductor of the Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra, Marek Janowski is happy to return to the orchestra as a guest for joint projects even after his term of office ends in summer 2023. Since the 1970s, his international career as an opera and concert conductor has taken him all over the world. In recent decades, he has concentrated primarily on the symphonic repertoire, but has also set new standards for the concert performance of operas.

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Stuart Skelton

The Australian Stuart Skelton is one of the best heldentenors of our time and is praised for his outstanding musicality, the beauty of his voice and his intense dramatic portrayals. His operatic repertoire includes Tristan and Florestan as well as the title roles in "Lohengrin", "Parsifal", "Otello" and "Peter Grimes". His concert repertoire includes Mahler's "Lied von der Erde", Beethoven's Missa solemnis and Elgar's "The Dream of Gerontius".

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Georg Zeppenfeld

The bass Georg Zeppenfeld was engaged by the Saxon State Opera in Dresden in 2001, where he still has his artistic home today and was appointed Kammersänger in 2015. In Dresden and in successful performances worldwide, he shines in the Italian and German repertoire, including as Rocco ("Fidelio"), Raimondo ("Lucia di Lammermoor"), King Philip II ("Don Carlo"), Sarastro ("Magic Flute"), King Marke ("Tristan und Isolde") and Gurnemanz ("Parsifal"), as well as on the concert stage.

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Anja Kampe

The German soprano Anja Kampe has set international standards with great success in many of her role portrayals, including Brünnhilde, Kundry, Sieglinde, Isolde, Senta, Katerina Ismailova, Leonore, Minnie and Marie. She has sung in almost every musical metropolis in the world and is a regular guest at the state operas in Vienna, Munich and Berlin. In concert, she can be heard in Verdi's Requiem, Wagner's "Wesendonck Lieder", Schönberg's "Gurrelieder" and Beethoven's Ninth.

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Markus Eiche

Markus Eiche began his career at the Mannheim National Theatre and subsequently had residency contracts at the Bavarian and Vienna State Operas. Since 2007, the baritone has sung regularly at the Bayreuth Festival, including Wolfram in "Tannhäuser". His versatility is reflected not least in his extensive concert repertoire from a wide range of eras and styles, from Bach and Handel to Mendelssohn and Mahler to Dallapiccola and Reimann.

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Sebastian Wartig

Born in Dresden, baritone Sebastian Wartig received his first voice training in the Dresden Kreuzchor. From 2013 to 2015, he was a member of the young ensemble of the Saxon State Opera, where he has been a permanent member since 2015, appearing as Morales ("Carmen"), Melot ("Tristan und Isolde"), Harlequin ("Ariadne auf Naxos"), Papageno ("Zauberflöte"), Doctor Falke ("Fledermaus"), Belcore ("L'elisir d'amore") and in gala concerts, among others. He has also made guest appearances in Basel, Grafenegg and Klagenfurt.

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Marina Prudenskaya

The mezzo-soprano Marina Prudenskaya comes from Saint Petersburg and delights audiences with her dark, velvety voice on international stages, including regularly at the Bayreuth Festival. She has been a member of the Staatsoper Unter den Linden Berlin ensemble since 2013, where she recently appeared as Herodias ("Salome") and Ortrud ("Lohengrin"), among others. She has also enjoyed great success on the concert stage, including Verdi's Requiem, Mahler's "Lied von der Erde" and Janáček's "Glagolitic Mass".

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Kangyoon Shine Lee

The lyric tenor Kangyoon Shine Lee comes from Korea, where he began his studies and gained his first stage experience. He later moved to Berlin, where he completed his master's degree. During this time, he has already appeared in numerous opera performances in Germany, including in Berlin (Deutsche Oper and Komische Oper), Dresden, Erfurt and Darmstadt. His repertoire includes roles such as Almaviva, Don Ottavio and Tamino as well as Bach's "St Matthew Passion" and Lera Auerbach's 6th Symphony.

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Joseph Dennis

The tenor Joseph Dennis comes from Texas and began his career with numerous competition wins in the USA before the European scene took notice of him. He went straight into the ensemble of the Vienna State Opera and moved to the Semperoper Dresden in 2018, where he can regularly be heard in roles such as Tamino, Lenski, Belmonte, Don Ottavio, Ferrando, Ismaele and Steuermann. His concert repertoire includes works from the Baroque to the present day.

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Dresdner Philharmonie

Top Class!

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That is the claim of the Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra. The orchestra stands for concerts at the highest artistic level, musical education for all ages and looking beyond the musical horizon. Guest performances on almost every continent and collaborations with guests from all over the world have established the reputation of the Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra in the international classical music world.  

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