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"Dresden offers attractions  in great variety. No book about the history of architecture can miss mentioning the Dresden Zwinger. The Frauenkirche Church, Semper Opera House and Royal Palace as well as many other historical monuments and ensembles determine the image of the city. The saucy angels from Raphael’s “The Sistine Madonna” make publicity for Dresden’s art collections in the whole world. Magnificent promenades on the bank of the Elbe, interesting museums and institutions, industrial monuments, charming details — Dresden has a lot for you to discover..." (Copyright The Dresden Tourismus GmbH)

Around Whitsun, the world-famous Semperoper (Opera House) not only offers its usual high-class program (including “La Traviata” and “Macbeth” by Giuseppe Verdi), but is also one of the venues for the prestigious “Musikfestspiele” (music festival) which every year attracts some of the best orchestras and conductors (among them the Pittsburg Symphony Orchestra with the conductor Manfred Honeck, the Orchestra of St. Martin in the Fields with Murray Perahia conducting and playing, the Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theater under Valery Gergiev and, of course, the Dresden Staatskapelle with various conductors), renowned soloists (violinist Vadim Repin, pianists Emmanuel Ax and Hélène Grimaud, cellists Jan Vogler and Mischa Maisky to name but a few) and excellent chamber music ensembles like the Borodin Quartet and the Hagen Quartet. Enjoy superb music-making in unique settings like the Frauenkirche (“Church of our Lady”), the Palais im Großen Garten (a baroque palace situated in the beautiful grounds of the city’s largest park) and – as mentioned above – the Semperoper.
You can easily buy your tickets online (see Music Festival  and Opera House).

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