London? Prague! Unbelievable, but true: When Haydn was conducting in London in 1795, the huge chandelier fell into the hall - but nobody was hurt because the audience had streamed to the front to see Haydn up close. A miracle to which the London Symphony No. 96 owes its nickname The Miracle . London? Prague! Dvorák's most beautiful symphony, next to From the New World, had its premiere there in 1890 - the "Eighth" with the irresistible Bohemian-sounding waltz as the third movement. The vocal concert highlight of the evening was two Mozart hits: the festive coloratura motet Exsultate, jubilate and the melancholy, dreamy aria Vado, ma dove? , in which the music nestles up to the words as if caressingly. Ania Vegry, a London-born soprano who was formerly part of the ensemble of the Hannover State Opera and since 2020 part of the Anhaltinisches Theater Dessau, joins us once again. She is a celebrated guest in concert halls and opera houses everywhere.

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Darlington Dirigiert Dvorák

Meistersingerhalle

Visit To Rothenburg

Reichsstadthalle

Forget everything you think you know about Wagner! Kent Nagano, the Dresden Festival Orchestra, and Concerto Köln are setting new standards with their performance of the Ring cycle. For the first time ever, this monumental project is being heard in a historically informed interpretation. Just as in Wagner’s own day, the string players use gut strings; the wind instruments are reconstructed based on 19th-century models; the orchestra’s tuning is lower; and the text is at times declaimed rather than traditionally “sung.” Suddenly everything becomes intelligible — and at times it almost recalls the delivery of art song. Working with an international research team, Nagano has brought surprising insights to light. The result is striking. “Light and airy” is how Jan Brachmann described this Wagner in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung; in particular, the winds impress “with sharper definition in their individual colors: they creak, belch, and grunt with a kind of unruly physicality.” With Götterdämmerung, the Ring comes full circle this summer. And once more we have the chance to experience Wagner’s music as he himself most likely heard it.

Ania Vegry

Events

Upcoming events

Sep 10, 2026

Dresden Festival Orchestra | Concerto Köln | Dresden Festival Choir of the Richard Wagner Academy | Kent Nagano | Soloists · Lucerne Festival

Past events

Dec 1, 2024

Darlington Dirigiert Dvorák · Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra

Nov 30, 2024

Visit To Rothenburg · Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra

Future and recently performed repertoire

Woglinde in Götterdämmerung by Wagner

Lucerne Festival

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