Editing Staatskapelle Dresden

{{Short description|German orchestra based in Dresden}}
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{{Infobox orchestra
| name                = Staatskapelle Dresden
| image               = Semperoper at night.jpg
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| location            = [[Dresden]], Germany
| founded             = 1548
| concert_hall        = [[Semperoper]]
| principal_conductor = [[Daniele Gatti]]
| website             = {{URL|https://www.staatskapelle-dresden.de/|staatskapelle-dresden.de}}
}}
The '''Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden''' ({{IPA|de|ˈzɛksɪʃə ˈʃtaːtskaˌpɛlə ˈdʁeːsdn̩}}), or [[Saxony|Saxon State]] [[Orchestra]] [[Dresden]], is one of the oldest orchestras in the world, created by order of [[Maurice, Elector of Saxony]] in 1548. Under communist [[East Germany]] and until 1992 it was called Staatskapelle Dresden; an earlier name was Kurfürstlich-Sächsische und Königlich-Polnische Kapelle, or Electoral Saxon and Royal Polish Orchestra. It is a constituent body of the [[Semperoper|Semper Opera House]], along with two choruses and a ballet troupe, where it plays in the pit for opera and on a platform for its own concert series.

==History==
[[Heinrich Schütz]] was associated with the orchestra early in its existence. In the 19th century, [[Carl Maria von Weber]] and [[Richard Wagner]] each served as ''Hofkapellmeister''.

In the 20th century, [[Richard Strauss]] became closely associated with the orchestra as both conductor and composer, which premiered several of his works. [[Karl Böhm]] and [[Hans Vonk (conductor)|Hans Vonk]] were notable among the orchestra's chief conductors in that they served as chief conductors of both the Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden and the State Opera simultaneously. [[Herbert Blomstedt]] was musical director of the Staatskapelle from 1975 to 1985, and now has the title of ''Ehrendirigent'' (honorary conductor) with the orchestra.  [[Hiroshi Wakasugi]] had served as a regular conductor with the orchestra since 1982, and was elected as the successor to Hans Vonk, but the reunification of West Germany and East Germany caused the contract to be annulled.<ref>{{cite web | title=475 Jahre Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden | url=https://musicwebinternational.com/2024/05/475-jahre-sachsische-staatskapelle-dresden-profil/ | work=MusicWeb International | author=Michael Cookson | date=2024-05-22 | access-date=2024-09-03 | archive-date=3 September 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240903145002/https://musicwebinternational.com/2024/05/475-jahre-sachsische-staatskapelle-dresden-profil/ | url-status=live }}</ref>

[[Giuseppe Sinopoli]] was chief conductor from 1992 until his sudden death in 2001. [[Bernard Haitink]] replaced him in August 2002, but resigned in 2004 over disputes with the Staatskapelle's ''Intendant'', [[Gerd Uecker]], on the orchestra's choice of successor.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://search.ft.com/ftArticle?queryText=Bernard+Haitink&y=8&aje=true&x=22&id=041022007114 | archive-url=https://archive.today/20130102232511/http://search.ft.com/ftArticle?queryText=Bernard+Haitink&y=8&aje=true&x=22&id=041022007114 | url-status=dead | archive-date=2 January 2013 | title=Bernard Haitink: unfinished symphony |work=[[Financial Times]]| author=Andrew Clark | date=22 October 2004 | access-date=5 May 2007 }}</ref> In August 2007 [[Fabio Luisi]] began his tenure as chief conductor after having been appointed as far back as January 2004. He shared with Böhm and Vonk the historic distinction of being chief conductor of both the Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden and the Sächsische Staatsoper simultaneously. Luisi was scheduled to step down as chief conductor in 2012 in accord with the October 2009 announcement of [[Christian Thielemann]] as the orchestra's next chief conductor, effective with the 2012–2013 season.<ref>{{cite press release | url=http://www.semperoper.de/de/staatskapelle/details/article/557/34.html | title=Christian Thielemann wird Chefdirigent der Staatskapelle Dresden | publisher=Staatskapelle Dresden | date=9 October 2009 | access-date=13 October 2009 }}{{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> However, Luisi resigned as chief conductor of the Staatskapelle in February 2010, effective immediately, after reports that the management had secured a contract with the [[ZDF]] network for a scheduled televised concert on New Year's Eve 2011 without consulting him at all in his capacity as the orchestra's GMD.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/05/arts/music/05fabio.html | title=Saxon State Opera's Music Director Quits | work=[[The New York Times]] | author=Daniel J. Wakin | date=4 February 2010 | access-date=6 February 2010 | archive-date=11 August 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220811151708/https://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/05/arts/music/05fabio.html | url-status=live }}</ref> Thielemann was initially contracted with the orchestra through 2019.<ref>{{cite news |title=Bei der Staatskapelle Dresden beginnt die Thielemann-Ära |url=http://www.zeit.de/news/2012-08/27/musik-bei-der-staatskapelle-dresden-beginnt-die-thielemann-aera-27084803 |work=Die Zeit |date=27 August 2012 |access-date=8 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171202052923/http://www.zeit.de/news/2012-08/27/musik-bei-der-staatskapelle-dresden-beginnt-die-thielemann-aera-27084803 |archive-date=2 December 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In November 2017, the orchestra announced the extension of Thielemann's contract as chief conductor through 31 July 2024.<ref>{{cite press release | url=http://www.staatskapelle-dresden.de/news/article/vertragsverlaengerung-von-christian-thielemann-beschlossen/56180/ | title=Vertragsverlängerung von Christian Thielemann beschlossen | publisher=Staatskapelle Dresden | date=30 November 2017 | access-date=1 December 2017 | archive-date=1 August 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190801180558/http://www.staatskapelle-dresden.de/news/article/vertragsverlaengerung-von-christian-thielemann-beschlossen/56180/ | url-status=live }}</ref> In May 2021, Barbara Klepsch, the Culture Minister of Saxony, announced that Thielemann is to conclude his tenure with the Staatskapelle Dresden at the close of his current contract, at the end of July 2024.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.mdr.de/kultur/musik/saechsische-staatskapelle-christian-thielemann-vertrag-ende-100.html | title=Sächsische Staatskapelle: Vertrag mit Christian Thielemann wird nicht verlängert | work=[[MDR Kultur]] | date=11 May 2021 | access-date=12 May 2021 | archive-date=11 May 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210511193744/https://www.mdr.de/kultur/musik/saechsische-staatskapelle-christian-thielemann-vertrag-ende-100.html | url-status=live }}</ref>

[[Colin Davis|Sir Colin Davis]] held the title of 'conductor laureate' from 1990 until his death in 2013, the first and only to-date conductor to be granted this title by the orchestra.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.staatskapelle-dresden.de/fileadmin/home/pdf/Konzertplan_Kapelle_12-13_Web.pdf |title=Staatskapelle Concert plan 2012–13 p 16 |access-date=1 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927174733/http://www.staatskapelle-dresden.de/fileadmin/home/pdf/Konzertplan_Kapelle_12-13_Web.pdf |archive-date=27 September 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The orchestra named [[Myung-Whun Chung]] as its first-ever principal guest conductor, effective as of the 2012–2013 season.<ref name="Staatskapelle Dresden-2011">{{cite press release | url=http://www.staatskapelle-dresden.de/en/news/article/saechsische-staatskapelle-dresden-wird-orchester-der-salzburger-osterfestspiele-christian-thieleman/34/ | title=Staatskapelle Dresden to become orchestra for the Salzburg Easter Festival, and Christian Thielemann the festival's Artistic Director | publisher=Staatskapelle Dresden | date=8 June 2011 | access-date=11 June 2011 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728041417/http://www.staatskapelle-dresden.de/en/news/article/saechsische-staatskapelle-dresden-wird-orchester-der-salzburger-osterfestspiele-christian-thieleman/34/ | archive-date=28 July 2011 | url-status=dead | df=dmy-all }}</ref>

In 2007, the orchestra inaugurated the post of ''Capell-Compositeur'' or composer-in-residence, with each appointed composer installed for one concert season. The first ''Capell-Compositeur'' was [[Isabel Mundry]]. [[Sofia Gubaidulina]] was ''Capell-Compositrice'' for the 2014–2015 and 2016–2017 seasons, the first composer to hold the title more than once. [[Arvo Pärt]] held the title of ''Capell-Compositeur'' for the 2017–2018 season. The orchestra featured Sinopoli as its ''Capell-Compostiteur'' for the 2020–2021 season as a posthumous tribute.

In April 2007, the European Cultural Foundation awarded the orchestra a prize "''zur Bewahrung des musikalischen Weltkulturerbes''" (for preservation of the world's musical heritage").<ref>[http://www.europaeische-kulturstiftung.eu/europaeische-kulturpreisverleihung-am-26-april-2007-in-bruessel_A86 "Europäische Kulturpreisverleihung am 26. April 2007 in Brüssel"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120325142119/http://www.europaeische-kulturstiftung.eu/europaeische-kulturpreisverleihung-am-26-april-2007-in-bruessel_A86 |date=25 March 2012 }}, European Cultural Foundation, 31 December 2007 (in German)</ref> In June 2011, the orchestra was announced as the new resident orchestra of the [[Salzburg Easter Festival]], as of 2013.<ref name="Staatskapelle Dresden-2011" />

In 2000, [[Daniele Gatti]] first guest-conducted the orchestra. In June 2022, the orchestra announced its election of Gatti as its next chief conductor, effective in 2024.<ref>{{cite press release | url=https://www.staatskapelle-dresden.de/news/article/staatskapelle-dresden-waehlt-daniele-gatti-zum-chefdirigenten/56180/ | title=Staatskapelle Dresden wählt Daniele Gatti zum Chefdirigenten | publisher=Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden | date=21 June 2022 | access-date=21 June 2022 | archive-date=7 February 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207162758/https://www.staatskapelle-dresden.de/news/article/staatskapelle-dresden-waehlt-daniele-gatti-zum-chefdirigenten/56180/ | url-status=live }}</ref>

The orchestra received the [[Herbert von Karajan Prize]] in 2022 and donated the prize money of 50,000 euros to the project [[Musaik – Grenzenlos musizieren]].<ref>[https://www.nmz.de/tags/musaik-grenzenlos-musizieren-ev Neue Musikzeitung from 28 October 2022.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240903145003/https://www.nmz.de/tags/musaik-grenzenlos-musizieren-ev |date=3 September 2024 }} retrieved 30 July 2023.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www1.wdr.de/kultur/kulturnachrichten/karajan-preis-saechsische-staatskapelle-100.html|title=Dresdner Staatskapelle erhält Karajan-Preis|language=de|date=13 April 2022|work=[[Westdeutscher Rundfunk]]|access-date=6 February 2023}}</ref>

==Kapellmeister and chief conductors==
[[File:Daniele Gatti (ccl) n.jpg|thumb|Daniele Gatti (2017)]]
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* [[Johann Walter]] (1548–1554)
* [[Mattheus Le Maistre]] (1555–1568)
* [[Antonio Scandello]] (1568–1580)
* Giovanni Battista Pinelli (1580–1584)
* [[Rogier Michael]] (1587–1619)
* [[Heinrich Schütz]] (1615–1672, ''Hofkapellmeister'')
* [[Vincenzo Albrici]] (1654–1680)
* Giovanni Andrea Bontempi (1656–1680)
* [[Carlo Pallavicini]] (1666–1688)
* [[Nicolaus Adam Strungk]] (1688–1700, ''Hofkapellmeister'')
* Johann Christoph Schmidt (1697–1728, ''Hofkapellmeister'')
* [[Antonio Lotti]] (1717–1719)
* [[Johann David Heinichen]] (1717–1729)
* [[Giovanni Alberto Ristori]] (1725–1733)
* [[Johann Adolph Hasse]] (1733–1763, ''Hofkapellmeister'')
* [[Johann Gottlieb Naumann]] (1776–1801, ''Hofkapellmeister'')
* [[Ferdinando Paer]] (1802–1806, ''Hofkapellmeister'')
* [[Francesco Morlacchi]] (1810–1841, ''Hofkapellmeister'')
* [[Carl Maria von Weber]] (1816–1826, ''Hofkapellmeister'')
* [[Carl Gottlieb Reissiger|Carl Gottlieb Reißiger]] (1826–1859, ''Hofkapellmeister'')
* [[Richard Wagner]] (1843–1848, ''Hofkapellmeister'')
* Carl August Krebs (1850–1880)
* [[Julius Rietz]] (1874–1877)
* [[Franz Wüllner]] (1877–1884)
* [[Ernst von Schuch]] (1884–1914)
* [[Fritz Reiner]] (1914–1921)
* [[Fritz Busch]] (1922–1933)
* [[Karl Böhm]] (1934–1943)
* [[Karl Elmendorff]] (1943–1944)
* [[Joseph Keilberth]] (1945–1950)
*  [[Rudolf Kempe]] (1949–1953)
* [[Franz Konwitschny]] (1953–1955)
* [[Lovro von Matačić]] (1956–1958)
* [[Otmar Suitner]] (1960–1964)
* [[Kurt Sanderling]] (1964–1967)
* [[Martin Turnovský]] (1966–1968)
* [[Herbert Blomstedt]] (1975–1985)
* [[Hans Vonk (conductor)|Hans Vonk]] (1985–1990)
* [[Giuseppe Sinopoli]] (1992–2001)
* [[Bernard Haitink]] (2002–2004)
* [[Fabio Luisi]] (2007–2010)
* [[Christian Thielemann]] (2012–2024)
* [[Daniele Gatti]] (2024–present)
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===Conductors laureate===
* Herbert Blomstedt<ref name="Staatskapelle Dresden 2023 c833">{{cite web | title=Herbert Blomstedt | website=Staatskapelle Dresden | date=18 October 2023 | url=https://www.staatskapelle-dresden.de/en/staatskapelle/herbert-blomstedt/ | access-date=17 January 2024 | archive-date=17 January 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240117214259/https://www.staatskapelle-dresden.de/en/staatskapelle/herbert-blomstedt/ | url-status=live }}</ref>
* Christian Thielemann<ref>{{cite web | title=Thielemann nun Ehrendirigent der Staatskapelle Dresden | website=Musik heute | date=8 July 2024 | url=http://www.musik-heute.de/26484/thielemann-nun-ehrendirigent-der-staatskapelle-dresden/ | language=de | access-date=3 September 2024 | archive-date=3 September 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240903144958/http://www.musik-heute.de/26484/thielemann-nun-ehrendirigent-der-staatskapelle-dresden/ | url-status=live }}</ref>

==Composers-in-residence==
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* [[Isabel Mundry]] (2007–2008)
* [[Bernhard Lang]] (2008–2009)
* [[Rebecca Saunders]] (2009–2010)
* [[Johannes Maria Staud]] (2010–2011)
* [[Lera Auerbach]] (2011–2012)
* [[Hans Werner Henze]] (2012–2013)
* [[Wolfgang Rihm]] (2013–2014)
* [[Sofia Gubaidulina]] (2014–2015)
* [[György Kurtág]] (2015–2016)
* [[Sofia Gubaidulina]] (2016–2017)
* [[Arvo Pärt]] (2017–2018)
* [[Péter Eötvös]] (2018–2019)<ref>{{cite news |last=Ernst |first=Michael |date=1 March 2018 |title=Neue Saison ohne Überraschungen |url=http://www.dnn.de/Nachrichten/Kultur/Regional/Neue-Saison-ohne-Ueberraschungen |work=[[Dresdner Neueste Nachrichten]] |language=de |access-date=27 January 2019 |archive-date=23 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190423091512/http://www.dnn.de/Nachrichten/Kultur/Regional/Neue-Saison-ohne-Ueberraschungen |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Aribert Reimann]] (2019–2020)<ref>{{cite news |last=Keuk |first=Alexander |author-link=Alexander Keuk |date=18 November 2019 |title=Capell-Compositeur Aribert Reimann im Gespräch |url=https://www.dnn.de/Nachrichten/Kultur/Regional/Capell-Compositeur-Aribert-Reimann-im-Gespraech |work=[[Dresdner Neueste Nachrichten]] |location=Dresden |language=de |access-date=30 January 2020 |archive-date=21 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200221093340/https://www.dnn.de/Nachrichten/Kultur/Regional/Capell-Compositeur-Aribert-Reimann-im-Gespraech |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Giuseppe Sinopoli]] (2020–2021, posthumous)<ref>{{cite web | title=Composer-in-Residence | website=Staatskapelle Dresden | date=10 November 2020 | url=https://www.staatskapelle-dresden.de/en/concerts/composer-in-residence/composer-in-residence/ | access-date=31 December 2020 | archive-date=30 November 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201130163432/https://www.staatskapelle-dresden.de/en/concerts/composer-in-residence/composer-in-residence/ | url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Matthias Pintscher]] (2021–2022)
* [[Olga Neuwirth]] (2022–2023)<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.staatskapelle-dresden.de/fileadmin/home/Archiv/pdf/Konzertplan/Konzertplan_2022-23_web.pdf |title=Konzertplan 2022/2023 |access-date=17 January 2024 |archive-date=6 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230206104420/https://www.staatskapelle-dresden.de/fileadmin/home/Archiv/pdf/Konzertplan/Konzertplan_2022-23_web.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Georg Friedrich Haas]] (2023–2024)<ref name="Staatskapelle Dresden 2023 n983">{{cite web | title=Capell-Compositeur 2023/24 | website=Staatskapelle Dresden | date=18 October 2023 | url=https://www.staatskapelle-dresden.de/konzerte/capell-compositeur-202324/ | language=de | access-date=17 January 2024 | archive-date=14 January 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240114212304/https://www.staatskapelle-dresden.de/konzerte/capell-compositeur-202324/ | url-status=live }}</ref>
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==Capell-Virtuos==
* [[Frank Peter Zimmermann]] (2024–2025)<ref>{{cite web | title=Staatskapelle Dresden: Capell-Virtuos 2024/2025 | website=Staatskapelle Dresden | url=https://www.staatskapelle-dresden.de/en/concerts-and-tickets/capell-virtuos-2024/2025-1/ | access-date=3 September 2024 | archive-date=3 September 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240903145004/https://www.staatskapelle-dresden.de/en/concerts-and-tickets/capell-virtuos-2024/2025-1/ | url-status=live }}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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* {{official|https://www.staatskapelle-dresden.de/}} {{in lang|de|en}}
* [https://www.staatskapelle-dresden.de/en/staatskapelle/history/ English-language history of the orchestra, official website]
* [https://www.semperoper.de/en/index.html Homepage] of the [[Semperoper]]
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