The Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden is going on a European tour with its chief conductor Daniele Gatti and two programs. The tour will kick off next Tuesday with a concert at the Palau de la Música Catalana in Barcelona, the orchestra announced. Giuseppe Verdi's "Messa da Requiem" will be performed there. The top-class soloist ensemble consists of Eleonora Buratto, Elīna Garanča, Benjamin Bernheim and Riccardo Zanellato.
This will be followed by performances in Madrid, the Vienna Musikverein, Essen, Paris, Frankfurt am Main, Hamburg and Prague. The second program includes works by Richard Wagner, Claude Debussy and Camille Saint-Saëns. Gautier Capuçon is the soloist in the latter's cello concerto. The Frenchman holds the honorary title of Capell-Virtuos with the Staatskapelle this season.
