Abstract
The German revue and sound film composer Friedrich Hollaender’s texts and melodies heavily influenced Berlin’s 1920s cultural scene. With her program entitled MENSCHENsKIND, Dagmar Manzel, accompanied by Frank Schulte (piano), Arnulf Ballhorn (bass), and Ralf Templin (guitar), revives the electrifying atmosphere of this era. Dagmar Manzel, Berlin’s operetta and theater star, exerts an irresistible pull on audiences. Like no one else, she slips, chameleon-like, into each role, taking on the likeness of a cheeky brat or a worldly woman. For 18 years, this born-and-bred Berliner was one of the formative faces of Berlin’s Deutsches Theater, and she’s also known as a police commissioner on the seminal Tatort-television show. Manzel’s homage to Hollaender premiered five years ago the Komische Oper.