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Staatskapelle Dresden’s sonic alchemy at the Elbphilharmonie

Daniele Gatti conducts the Staatskapelle Dresden
© Oliver Killig
Gautier Capuçon and the Staatskapelle Dresden cellos
© Oliver Killig
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“every section offered pure acoustic luxury”
Reviewed at Elbphilharmonie: Grand Hall, Hamburg on 2 June 2026
Wagner, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Prelude to Act 1
Saint-Saëns, Cello Concerto no. 1 in A minor, Op.33
Delibes, Lakmé: "Flower duet" Viens, Mallika les lianes en fleurs (arr. Ducros)
Wagner, Parsifal: Prelude, Act 1
Wagner, Parsifal: Karfreitagszauber (Good Friday Music)
Debussy, La Mer
Gautier Capuçon, Cello
Staatskapelle Dresden
Daniele Gatti, Conductor
Schumann from the inside out: Yunchan Lim and Staatskapelle Dresden
*****
High-caliber Schumann and Mahler at Dvořák’s Prague
*****
Thielemann bids farewell to Dresden with an excellent new FroSch
*****
Detlev Glanert's Die Jüdin von Toledo premieres at the Semperoper
*****
Moving singing, but missed opportunities in Dresden’s new Aida
***11
Prom 63: Explosive Rachmaninov from Yuja Wang
*****
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