- Staatsoper Stuttgart
"Staatsoper Stuttgart" (Stuttgart State Opera) is an
opera company inStuttgart .The company is based at the
Staatstheater Stuttgart , known locally as the "Grosses Haus", which was designed byMax Littmann and opened in 1912 with a performance ofTosca . This was one of the few major German opera houses not to be destroyed in theSecond World War .An important centre for opera since the 17th century, Stuttgart has again become an important and influential centre since the war, particularly for contemporary works. Three operas by
Carl Orff received their premieres there and the company has been associated with figures such asWieland Wagner ,Günther Rennert ,Hans Werner Henze andPhilip Glass .The present aritstic director is Albrecht Puhlmann and the musical director is
Manfred Honeck .Twenty-one different works are being presented during the 2005-2006 season, including five new productions. Singers appearing with the company include
Catherine Nagelstad ,Jonas Kaufmann ,Kurt Rydl , andJon Frederic West .Recordings
Stuttgart productions of Glass's "Satyagraha", Wagner's "
Der Ring des Nibelungen " and Handel's "Alcina " have been released on DVD.ee also
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Staatstheater Stuttgart ources
"Stuttgart" by Thomas Bauman and Horst Koegler, "
New Grove Dictionary of Opera ", ed. Stanley Sadie (London, 1992) ISBN 0-333-73432-7External links
* [http://www.staatstheater.stuttgart.de/oper_neu/index.php Staatsoper Stuttgart website]
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