Dagmar Manzel und Band
Sehnsucht ('Longing')
'In a world without melancholy, nightingales would start to burp.' – Emil M. Cioran
Dagmar Manzel is celebrating melancholy as an elixir of life, and has compiled a respective programme of well-known and mostly unfamiliar songs and chansons. Together with her band, the actress and singer serves up longing in all of its potential facets: the personal longing for a little happiness or great fortune, but also the longing for better times, circumstances or living conditions.
The subtle arrangements and the band's powerful, on point accompaniment give Dagmar Manzel's voice and the poetic language of the lyrics plenty of space for melancholy, smiles and consideration, and rely on the great magic of small gestures. With a humour born from cheerful desperation and a flair for theatricals, Dagmar Manzel breathes fresh life into the songs. She is wild and fragile, funny and elegant.
Dagmar Manzel is one of Germany's most successful actresses, as proven by her numerous awards, such as the Adolf-Grimme-Preis television award, the Deutscher Fernsehpreis German television award, the Deutscher Schauspielerpreis German actors award, the Deutscher Filmpreis, and the accolade Actress of the Year. However, Dagmar Manzel not only loves the theatre, films and TV, but also music. She has captivated the audience with grand music evenings and in lead roles in musical theatre productions.
