Dresden Weekends: Art, Architecture and Arias in Germany’s Reconstructed City — theculturetrip.com

We were in Dresden for the Dresden Music Festival, which runs annually for three weeks from end of May to the beginning of June. The festival director is Jan Vogler, now directing his sixth festival. Vogler's intention is to bring great performances to Dresden and to utilise the centre's remarkable collection of venues. All within walking distance including the Semperoper, the Residenz, the Albertinum, the Frauenkirche. In all 15 different venues, the most unusual being VW's Die Gläserne Manufaktur, the transparent factory where VW makes their Phaeton cars. The factory has a visitor centre and restaurant, so it is well worth a visit.

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