The Dresden Semperoper Ball 2025 began with the overture to Leonard Bernstein's operetta "Candide". "Let's celebrate, swing, dance, listen to jazz, let's dive into the Golden Twenties," said actor Tom Wlaschiha. "It's the night of anniversaries," added co-presenter and colleague Stephanie Stumph. The "Candide" overture was played by the Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden under the baton of British conductor Jonathan Darlington.
On the stage, in the hall, in the tiers, in the boxes and in the foyers: 2,000 paying guests celebrated the establishment of the ball tradition at the famous theater 100 years ago in the converted and sold-out opera house. The 200th anniversary of the Semperoper ballet, the founding of the Palucca School 100 years ago and the 200th birthday of the Viennese waltz king Johann Strauss will also be commemorated.
Max Giesinger, who is scheduled as a live act in the program at midnight, said he could not imagine dancing himself. And Cathy Hummels concentrated on hosting the "Ballgeflüsters", leaving the dancing "to the debutants", she said on the red carpet.
