E. T. A. Hoffmann's Tales
A composer, illustrator and writer caught between reality and fantasy
E. T. A. Hoffmann's birthday is being celebrated for the 200th time on 24 January. He worked as Kapellmeister of the Secondaschen Gesellschaft in Dresden in 1813 and wrote his opera "Undine" and the story "Der Goldne Topf" here. Renate Brauner and Elisabeth Knust provide insights into Hoffmann's thoughts and work.
- With Renate Brauner (lecture) and Dr Elisabeth Knust (reading)
- 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).
Podium of the song class of the "Carl Maria von Weber" Academy of Music
Carl Maria von Weber Museum as guest
Students of the song class at the Dresden Academy of Music give an insight into their artistic work. Songs by various composers will be performed.
- With students of the Carl Maria von Weber University of Music Dresden, Michael Schütze (conductor)
- Admission: 4 €
- 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).
With paper, scissors and imagination
Holiday workshop
The fairytale writer Hans Christian Andersen is a guest at the Kügelgenhaus! We learn stories from his life, listen to fairy tales and try to cut figures out of paper with scissors, just like the poet once did.
- Age: 7 to 12 years
- Duration: 1.5 h
- Cost: €5 per person
- Registration online or at the Visitor Service of the Museums of the City of Dresden on +49 351 488 7272 (Mon - Fri)
"Like the scent of roses"
Songs of the Romantic period
The Dresden contralto Britta Schwarz dedicates herself sensitively to a song cycle of the Romantic period with the renowned Lied accompanist Frank Immo Zichner on the fortepiano. Let yourself be enchanted by wonderful melodies!
- With Britta Schwarz (vocals) and Frank Immo Zichner (fortepiano)
- Admission: 15 € / reduced 13 €
- 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 howling of foxes and wolves"
Caspar David Friedrich and Heinrich von Kleist
The painter Caspar David Friedrich and the writer Heinrich von Kleist lived just a few hundred metres apart in Dresden. They knew and appreciated each other; Kleist publicly defended Friedrich on several occasions. The renowned Kleist researcher Hans-Jochen Marquardt traces the relationship between the two geniuses.
- With PD Dr Hans-Jochen Marquardt (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).
"A romantic tangle"
Katrin Rönnebeck 'erOpert' Offenbach's "The Tales of Hoffmann"
"The Tales of Hoffmann" is one of the most fascinating mysteries in the history of opera. The composer Jacques Offenbach died before the premiere, leaving behind a multifaceted opera fragment in which grotesque and sinister elements from E. T. A. Hoffmann's novellas are mixed with the poet's biography to create a bizarre dream world. The characters strangely change their identities, demonic antagonists relentlessly pursue all attempts at love and life possibilities that have just arisen suddenly melt away into nothingness - it soon becomes impossible to distinguish between fiction and truth, between fiction and reality. Add to this Offenbach's marvellous music, which constantly oscillates between operetta and grand opera and invites you to listen closely.
- With Katrin Rönnebeck (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).
"Hoffmanniana"
A prince of fantasy: E. T. A. Hoffmann
The passionate pianist Natalija Nikolayeva studied in Ukraine and at the University of the Arts in Berlin. She has won several prizes and works as a lecturer and publicist. Her chamber music programmes look beyond the horizon and offer insights into the connections between literature and music, such as this afternoon on E. T. A. Hoffmann on the occasion of his 250th birthday.
- With Natalija Nikolayeva (reading and fortepiano)
- Admission: 15 € / reduced 13 €
- 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).
Experience of the abysmal
Annette von Droste-Hülshoff
In her works, the poet Annette von Droste-Hülshoff shows a deep engagement with dark, existential themes. She thematises suffering and transience and shows a tension between the beauty of the world and an inner turmoil. The well-known philosopher of religion Hanna-Barbara Gerl-Falkovitz will be focussing on the poet and her work.
- With Prof. Dr Dr Hanna-Barbara Gerl-Falkovitz (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).
Concert by pupils of the Carl Maria von Weber State Music High School in Dresden
Pupils from the Landesgymnasium für Musik showcase their skills and present chamber music works.
- Admission: 4 €
- 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).
At Weber's grave on the 200th anniversary of his death
Memorial service at the old Catholic cemetery
In cooperation with the Freundeskreis Carl Maria von Weber Hosterwitz e. V., a commemorative event will be held at the grave of Carl Maria von Weber to mark the 200th anniversary of his death.
The actor Johannes Gärtner will recite Richard Wagner's eulogy at the Old Catholic Cemetery, which was delivered here 200 years ago by Wagner himself. The event will be musically framed by pupils from the Landesgymnasium.
- With pupils from the Landesgymnasium für Musik and Johannes Gärtner (reading)
Photo: © Michael R. Hennig (DML-BY)
"Meine Lieder, mein Sänge ..."
On the 200th anniversary of Carl Maria von Weber's death
Dresden soprano Gretel Wittenburg and guitarist Elke Jahn will perform a programme of Weber's songs on guitar on a historical instrument to mark the Weber memorial year. Most of the songs were written in Hosterwitz. Letters and texts from Carl Maria von Weber's life will also be recited.
- With Gretel Wittenburg (soprano) and Elke Jahn (Biedermeier guitar)
- Admission: 15 € / reduced 13 €
- 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 the sound of my songs you will find me again ..."
From the life of Carl Maria von Weber
"Weber, are you really a famous man?", the director of the Dresden court theatre Wolf Adolf August von Lüttichau is said to have asked his Kapellmeister Weber when he realised that he was being enthusiastically celebrated in Berlin. Weber had to overcome many obstacles in his life before this could happen. Did he always "persistently" pursue his goal during this time - as he put it in the statutes of the "Harmonischer Verein" - or did he sometimes go astray?
Let us accompany the composer on his life's journey with the help of his son Max's vivid descriptions and the latest findings from the biography of Weber written by Christoph Schwandt.
- 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 (MO - FR).