Dagmar Manzel - Ich bin ein Wesen leichter Art

Born in 1958 in Berlin, Dagmar Manzel is one of Germany’s most noticed and successful actresses. Alongside of her career in theater, film and TV, her love pertains for music as well. Following her successful solo song recital "Ich bin ein Wesen leichter Art" at Deutsche Theater, Berlin, she performed the title role of Offenbach’s operetta "Die Großherzogin von Gerolstein". Further engagements in musical theater led her to the title role at Berliner Ensemble in "La Périchole" and to Hans-Otto-Theater Potsdam as "Rosalinde / Die Fledermaus". At Komische Oper Berlin, she has been celebrated not only for her debut as "Mrs. Lovett / Sweeny Todd", but also for her achievements as Lilli Vanessi in "Kiss me Kate". This successful show has also been transferred to the opera Cologne, where it has been running ever since. Dagmar Manzel can also be seen and heard in a new production of Ralph Benatzky’s "Im Weißen Rößl" at Komische Oper Berlin since the start of the season 2010/2011.

Dagmar Manzel is also familiar to the concert stage. She performed at La Cité de la Musique in Paris with the Ensemble Intercontemporain songs by Hanns Eisler under the direction of Peter Rundel; with whom she collaborated again in Zurich this year to perform Kassandra by Michael Jarell with the chamber orchestra of Collegium Novum Zurich. Twice already, she has been working with co-actor Robert Gallinowski in a song recital called Philharmonischer Salon. It is a recital evening, initiated by Götz Teusch, former cello player with the Berliner Philharmoniker, with songs from Berlin cultural life during the 1920s. On the occasion of opening the Jewish Culture Days in Berlin, Manzel gave a concert devoted to Richard Heymann accompanied by the pianist Tal Balshai and his ensemble in early spring of 2011. With the equal lineup she could be heard at Konzerthaus Berlin Gendarmenmarkt during Hanns Eisler Days 2012. A triumphant success has been the new production of Kurt Weill’s "Sieben Todsünden" with director Barrie Kosky at Komische Oper Berlin in spring of 2012 in which Dagmar Manzel sang the role of Anna. Furthermore, she performed at the opening of the Augsburg Brecht Festival in spring of 2013. In summer of 2013, Dagmar Manzel returned to Komische Oper Berlin to sing the role of Madeleine de Faublas in Paul Abraham’s "Ball im Savoy".

Here´s the album "Ich bin ein Wesen leichter Art" featuring here programm of stage songs performed at the Deutsches Theater in Berlin.

Dagmar Manzel - Ich bin ein Wesen leichter Art
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