(Credit: Monarca Studios/Markus Tedeskino)

The Staatskapelle Dresden has announced its 2020-21 season.

For this article on the German orchestra, we will focus on the vocal concerts.

Ingo Metzmacher conducts Angela Denoke in Schönberg’s “Erwartung.” The program also includes Ligeti’s Lontano and Schubert’s Symphony in C Major. 

Performance Dates: August 28, 2020

Christian Thielemann opens the season with Anja Kampe and Anja Harteros alternating an all R. Strauss program including “Der Rosenkavalier,” “Also sprach Zarathustra,” and “Don Juan.”

Performance Dates: August 31 & Sept. 1, 2020

Christian Thielemann conducts Anja Harteros and Georg Zeppenfeld in an all R. Strauss program including the Four Last Songs and “Tod und Verklärung.”

Performance Dates: Dec. 13-15, 2020

Christian Thielemann conducts the Silvesterkonzert with soloists to be announced.

Performance Dates: Dec. 30 & 31, 2020

Philippe Herreweghe conducts Bach’s “Missa H-Moll” with Dorothee Mields, Eva Zaïcik, Alex Potter, Reinoud Van Mechelen, and Krešimir Stražanac.

Performance Dates: Feb. 13 & 14, 2021

Christian Thielemann and Erin Morley team up for an all R. Strauss program.

Performance Dates: May 30-June 1, 2021

Kammermusick

Gaetano d’Espinosa conducts Christa Mayer and violinist Reinhard Krauß in a program that includes music by Elgar, Herchet, and Bizet.

Performance Dates: Nov. 26, 2020

Tours 

The orchestra will also perform during the Salzburg East Festival. You can find more info right here.

Christian Thielemann conducts Anja Kampe and Anja Harteros in a program heavily centered on the music of Strauss, as well as Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5. The concert will be performed in Frankfurt alte Oper, Teatro alla Scala, and Lucerne.

Performance Dates: Sept. 4-10, 2020

Christian Thielemann conducts R. Strauss’ “Capriccio” with Krassimira Stoyanova, Christa Mayer, Daniel Behle, Nikolay Borchev, Christoph Pohl, and Georg Zeppenfeld. The opera will be performed at the Champs-Élysées.

Performance Dates: May 11, 2021

Christian Thielemann conducts Erin Morley and Denis Matsuev in an R. Strauss and Grieg program. The concert will be performed in Amsterdam, Hamburg, Vienna, and Luxembourg,

Performance Dates: June 3-11, 2021