Kalender

The name Schuch is not only known to the music world through the Dresden conductor and General Music Director of the Court Opera, Ernst Edler von Schuch. His wife Clementine von Schuch-Proska, his daughters Käthe and Liesel and his granddaughter, also called Clementine, also left their mark on music history as celebrated singers.

In his lecture, Bernhard Hansky, himself a singer at the Semperoper Dresden and elsewhere, sheds light on the lives of these fascinating artists, whose work spans more than a century of music history.

• With Bernhard Hansky (lecture)
• Admission: 10 € / reduced 8 €
• Please book in good time online or by calling the Visitor Service of the Museums of the City of Dresden on 0351 488 7272 (MO - FR).

The life of the Saxon court composer Johann Gottlieb Naumann (1741-1801) led from Dresden via Italy, Sweden and Denmark back to the Dresden court, where he was engaged for the rest of his life. His fascinating biography and some of his marvellous compositions will be presented and illuminated.

• With Dr Romy Donath (lecture)
• Admission: €10 / reduced €8
• Please book in good time online or by calling the Visitor Service of the Museums of the City of Dresden on 0351 488 7272 (Mon - Fri).

the versatile composer and conductor Paul Aron was born in Dresden in 1886. He studied with Max Reger and initiated the music series "Neue Musik Paul Aron" in Dresden. in 1933, he first fled to Czechoslovakia and later to Cuba and the USA, where he died. Prof Dr Matthias Herrmann presents the life and work of the composer.

• With Prof Dr Matthias Herrmann (lecture)
• Admission: €10 / reduced €8
• Please book in good time online or by calling the Visitor Service of the Museums of the City of Dresden on 0351 488 7272 (Mon - Fri).
• In co-operation with the Sächsischer Musikverein e. V.

In the 19th century, the economically growing middle classes strived for more personal rights, freedoms and political participation - also in Dresden. Pictures, documents and reports by protagonists and observers vividly and closely depict the events of 1849 in Dresden.

• With Lutz Reike (lecture)
• Admission: 10 € / reduced 8 €
• Please book in good time online or by calling the Visitor Service of the Museums of the City of Dresden on 0351 488 7272 (Mon - Fri).

Alexandre Dumas, Henrik Ibsen and Ferdinand Kürnberger wrote so-called Catilina dramas in the context of the European revolution. Lucius Sergius Catilina was a Roman conspirator who tried to gain power by force and ultimately failed. The traditional perspective on the "villain" undergoes a gradual re-evaluation in literary works - but not without tradition: in the 18th century, Prosper Jolyot Crébillon and Voltaire stood against Giambattista Casti and Antonio Salieri.

• With Dr Jürgen Klose (lecture)
• Admission: €10 / reduced €8
• Please book in good time online or by calling the Visitor Service of the Museums of the City of Dresden on 0351 488 7272 (MO - FR).
• In co-operation with the Dresdner Goethe-Gesellschaft e.V.

Anti-Semitism was widespread in the 19th century. Some musicians and artists also made public anti-Semitic statements - most notably Richard Wagner. The fact that Carl Maria von Weber and his family were also anti-Semitic is particularly evident in Weber's strained relationship with his publisher Schlesinger. Prof Dr Schmuhl examines the sources on this topic for the first time.

• With Prof Dr Hans-Walter Schmuhl (lecture)
• Admission: €10 / reduced €8
• Please book in good time online or by calling the Visitor Service of the Museums of the City of Dresden on 0351 488 7272 (Mon - Fri).
• In co-operation with the Sächsischer Musikverein e. V.