(Credit: Semperoper Dresden official website) The Semperoper Dresden has announced that it will extend closure up to and including Jan. 14, 2022. “In accordance with the updated Saxon Coronavirus Protection Ordinance, attendance at cultural events remains prohibited. Performances at the Semperoper are thus suspended up to and including Friday, 14 January 2022. The Semperoper will provide information on the potential {…}
(Credit: Semperoper Dresden) The Semperoper Dresden has announced that it will continue with its vaccination campaign on Jan. 7 and 8, 2022. The opera house has invited all citizens and residents of the City of Dresden to be vaccinated against COVID-19 in the Semperoper or the Staatsschauspiel Dresden. For the first time, the vaccination offer is also available for children {…}
(© Semperoper Dresden/Matthias Creutziger) The Semperoper Dresden has announced that it will stream the 2016 double-bill production of Mascagni’s “Cavalleria Rusticana” and Leoncavallo’s “Pagliacci.” The operas star Maria Agresta, Liudmyla Monastyrska, Annalisa Stroppa, Stefania Toczyska, Tansel Akzeybek, Alessio Arduini, Jonas Kaufmann, Ambrogio Maestri and Dimitri Platanias. Christian Thielemann conducts the Staatskapelle Dresden. This Unitel recording is made available in collaboration {…}
(Credits: © Semperoper Dresden/Ludwig Olah / © www.christianthiel.net) The German Stage Association has called for a consistent approach and a clear commitment to culture from the federal, state and local authorities. “We observe with concern,” the association said in a press release, “that the amended Infection Protection Act seems to offer the federal states expanded scope for action almost exclusively {…}
(Credit: Semperoper Dresden/Ludwig Olah) The Semperoper Dresden has announced that Sächsischen Staatstheater will organize a vaccination against COVID-19 as a part of “Vaccination also protects culture!” campaign. The vaccination event will take place on Dec. 10, 2021 between 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. CET. Dr. Woong Rohrer-Park and his team will provide first doses, second doses, and also booster shots {…}
(© Semperoper Dresden/Klaus Gigga) The Semperoper Dresden has announced that it will remain closed until Jan. 9, 2022 The company noted that in agreement with the Saxon State Theatres, the Saxon State Ministry of Science, Culture, and Tourism, the company has decided to extend the suspension of performances. The news comes as COVID-19 cases continue to rise in Germany due {…}
(Credit: Semperoper Dresden / Matthias Creutziger) The Semperoper Dresden has announced the beginning of a media campaign under the name “Vaccination also protects culture!” “Vaccination also protects culture!” was initiated by the Sächsischen Staatstheater and the Dresden State Art Collections and is supported by many cultural institutions in Dresden. “It is a bitter reality: the ups and downs of our {…}
(Credit: Klaus Gigga) The government of Saxony’s Prime Minister Michael Kretschmer has announced that Saxony will enter a lockdown on Nov. 22, 2021. The lockdown will initially last until Dec. 12, 2021. Theaters, opera houses, museums, cinemas, discotheques, bars, clubs, and saunas will have to close. Restaurants will be allowed to open between 6:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. under the {…}
(Credit: Semperoper Dresden / Ludwig Olah) The Semperoper Dresden was forced to cancel the final performance of Rossini’s “La Cenerentola” on Nov. 18, 2021. The news was brought to the audience five minutes before the start of the performance. The Semperoper was also previously forced to cancel the double bill of Mascagni’s “Cavalleria Rusticana” and Leoncavallo’s “Pagliacci” on Nov. 17 {…}
(Credit: © Semperoper Dresden/Klaus Gigga) The Semperoper Dresden has announced the cancellation of all performances until Nov. 25, 2021. Among the canceled performances are Puccini’s “La bohème,” and the double bill of Mascagni’s “Cavalleria Rusticana” and Leoncavallo’s “Pagliacci.” The decision was brought forth after consultations between the intendants of the Saxon State Theaters and the Saxon Ministry for Science, Culture {…}
(Credit: Peter Goldmann) The COVID-19 crisis in the German federal state of Saxony is getting worse, with 7-day incidence currently at 761.4. For this reason, Saxony’s Prime Minister Michael Kretschmer organized a video conference with medical experts, scientists and representatives of social groups on Nov. 17, 2021. In view of the dramatic COVID-19 situation in Saxony, the Saxon hospital coordinator {…}