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With a tradition of more than 450 years, Staatskapelle Berlin is one of the oldest orchestras in the world. Originally founded as court orchestra by Prince-Elector Joachim II of Brandenburg in 1570 the ensemble expanded its activities with the founding of the Royal Court Opera in 1742 by Frederick the Great. Ever since then, the orchestra has been closely tied to Staatsoper Unter den Linden.
Many important musicians have conducted the orchestra, both in the opera and in the regular concert series that have been held since 1842, among them Gaspare Spontini, Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Giacomo Meyerbeer, Felix von Weingartner, Richard Strauss, Erich Kleiber, Wilhelm Furtwängler, Herbert von Karajan, Franz Konwitschny, and Otmar Suitner.
For more than 30 years, from the end of 1991 until January 2023, Daniel Barenboim has served as the orchestra’s general music director. At numerous guest appearances that have brought the orchestra to the great European music centers, to Israel, the Far East, North and South America, the international top position of the orchestra has proved. The performance of all symphonies and piano concertos of Beethoven in Vienna, Paris, London, New York and Tokyo, and the cycles of symphonies of Schumann and Brahms, the ten-part cycle of all important stage works by Wagner, and the performance of Wagner’s Ring cycle in Japan 2002 are some of the most outstanding events. 2007 the symphonies and orchestral songs of Gustav Mahler were performed under the batons of Daniel Barenboim and Pierre Boulez at Philharmonie Berlin. This ten-part cycle was also performed at Vienna’s Musikverein as well as New York’s Carnegie Hall. Highlights in recent time were a nine-part cycle with symphonies by Anton Bruckner in Vienna (June 2012) and concert performances of Wagner’s Ring during the Proms in London (Summer 2013). The celebrated Bruckner cycle was 2016 and 2017 presented again in Suntory Hall Tokyo as well in Carnegie Hall New York and in Philharmonie Paris.
A constantly growing number of recordings in both the operatic and symphonic repertoires documents the work of Staatskapelle Berlin. Most recently, recordings of all nine Bruckner symphonies, of the piano concertos by Chopin, Liszt and Brahms as well as large symphonic works by Strauss and Elgar were released. In addition several opera productions were produced among them Wagner’s Tannhäuser, Parsifaland Tristan and Isolde, Verdi’s Il trovatoreand Falstaff, Berg’s Lulu, Rimsky-Korsakov’s The Tsar’s Bride, Schumann’s Scenes from Goethe‘s Faust (all under the baton of Daniel Barenboim) as well as Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro (with Gustavo Dudamel conducting), Strauss’s Rosenkavalier (with Zubin Mehta), Janáčekʼs Jenůfa (with Simon Rattle), and Wagners Der Ring des Nibelungen (with Christian Thielemann). On the occation of the 450th birthday of Staatskapelle Berlin a CD edition with “Great Recordings” under the batons of important conductors was published as well a book and an exhibtion promoting the long and rich history of the orchestra.
During the season 2022-23 Staatskapelle Berlin gave guest concerts in Japan and South Korea as well as in Denmark, Vienna and Paris. The tour to Asia took place under the direction of Christian Thielemann who also conducted a new production of Wagner’s Ring in autumn 2022 at Staatsoper Unter den Linden. At the end of 2023 Staatskapelle Berlin perform the four Brahms symphonies in four outstanding musical centres in Canada and the USA.
In September 2023 Christian Thielemann was appointed as new general music director; with beginning of the season 2024-25 he assumed this office. During his first season he conducts four regular symphony concerts with Staatskapelle Berlin, in addition to a series of extra orchestra concerts including an open air event at Berlin Bebelplatz (“Staatsoper for all“) and guest concerts in Vienna. Furthermore Staatskapelle Berlin was on tour in Lucerne, Cologne, and Brno in autumn 2024.
Music from
Franz Lehár (1870-1948)
Ouverture to Die lustige Witwe
from the musical comedy Giuditta
Freunde, das Leben ist lebenswert
Song of Octavio
Wohin will es mich treiben
Song of Giuditta
Zwei, die sich lieben, vergessen die Welt
Duett Anita and Pierrino
Intermezzo from the Orchestra
Meine Lippen, die küssen so heiß
Song of Giuditta
Schönste der Frauen
Song of Octavio
Schön wie die blaue Sommernacht
Duett Giuditta and Octavio
Interval
from the Operette Friederike
Prelude for the Orchestra
Kleine Blumen, kleine Blätter
Song of Friederike
O mein Mädchen, mein Mädchen
Song of Goethe
Intermezzo for the Orchestra
Warum hast du mich wachgeküsst?
Song of Friederike
from the Operette Paganini
Prelude for the Orchestra with a Violinsolo
Schönes Italien
Song of Paganini
So ein Mann ist eine Sünde wert
Song of Anna Elisa
Gern hab ich die Frau’n geküsst
Song of Paganini
Liebe, du Himmel auf Erden
Song of Anna Elisa
Niemand liebt dich so wie ich
Duett Anna Elisa and Paganini
Music from
Franz Lehár (1870-1948)
Ouverture to Die lustige Witwe
from the musical comedy Giuditta
Freunde, das Leben ist lebenswert
Song of Octavio
Wohin will es mich treiben
Song of Giuditta
Zwei, die sich lieben, vergessen die Welt
Duett Anita and Pierrino
Intermezzo from the Orchestra
Meine Lippen, die küssen so heiß
Song of Giuditta
Schönste der Frauen
Song of Octavio
Schön wie die blaue Sommernacht
Duett Giuditta and Octavio
Interval
from the Operette Friederike
Prelude for the Orchestra
Kleine Blumen, kleine Blätter
Song of Friederike
O mein Mädchen, mein Mädchen
Song of Goethe
Intermezzo for the Orchestra
Warum hast du mich wachgeküsst?
Song of Friederike
from the Operette Paganini
Prelude for the Orchestra with a Violinsolo
Schönes Italien
Song of Paganini
So ein Mann ist eine Sünde wert
Song of Anna Elisa
Gern hab ich die Frau’n geküsst
Song of Paganini
Liebe, du Himmel auf Erden
Song of Anna Elisa
Niemand liebt dich so wie ich
Duett Anna Elisa and Paganini
Johannes Brahms
Ein deutsches Requiem op. 45
Johannes Brahms
Ein deutsches Requiem op. 45
Dmitri Schostakowitsch
Suite für Varieté-Orchester
Nico Dostal
Spanische Skizzen für Orchester
Ernst Fischer
Ferientage Suite für Orchester
Eduard Künneke
Tänzerische Suite für Orchester und Jazzband
Dmitri Schostakowitsch
Suite für Varieté-Orchester
Nico Dostal
Spanische Skizzen für Orchester
Ernst Fischer
Ferientage Suite für Orchester
Eduard Künneke
Tänzerische Suite für Orchester und Jazzband
Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 2 c-Moll Auferstehung
Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 2 c-Moll Auferstehung
Johannes Brahms
Ein deutsches Requiem op. 45
Richard Strauss
Orchesterlieder
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 6 F-Dur op. 68 Pastorale
Ouverture to Egmont op. 84
Richard Strauss
Orchesterlieder
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 6 F-Dur op. 68 Pastorale
Ouverture to Egmont op. 84
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphonie Nr. 40 g-Moll KV 550
Gustav Mahler
Symphonie Nr. 1 D-Dur
Hans Pfitzner
Klavierkonzert Es-Dur op. 31
Franz Liszt
Symphonische Dichtungen
Orpheus S 98
Prometheus S 99
Hans Pfitzner
Klavierkonzert Es-Dur op. 31
Franz Liszt
Symphonische Dichtungen
Orpheus S 98
Prometheus S 99
Eintritt frei - keine Anmeldung nötig
Ludwig van Beethoven
Sinfonie Nr. 6 F-Dur op. 68 Pastorale
Egmont-Ouvertüre op. 84
Eintritt frei - keine Anmeldung nötig
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
Violinkonzert e-Moll op. 64
Maurice Ravel
Daphnis et Chloé (Ballett in drei Teilen)
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
Violinkonzert e-Moll op. 64
Maurice Ravel
Daphnis et Chloé (Ballett in drei Teilen)