The one that on 13 and 14 February 1945 razed to the ground the greater part of the city of Dresden was one of the most destructive bombings of World War II. 1,500 tons of explosive bombs and 1,200 tons of firebombs were dropped by more than 800 British airplanes, later joined by America’s aircrafts B-17, spreading death and terror with the precise intent to completely destroy the city.

The Free State of Saxony has appointed the Italian conductor Daniele Gatti as the next Chief Conductor of Dresden’s Sächsische Staatskapelle. The Saxon Minister of Culture and Tourism, Barbara Klepsch

Is the first opera conducted by Daniele Gatti at the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma the Richard Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde broadcasted by Rai Cultura on Rai5 (channel 23) on Thursday

On December 10, with reruns until December 22, Daniele Gatti will conduct Verdi’s Les vêpres siciliennes for the season opening of the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma. The show will be directed by

Daniele Gatti returns on the podium of the Filarmonica della Scala with a program that includes the Suite from Nobilissima visione by Paul Hindemith and the Sinfonia n. 4 by Anton Bruckner

In November Daniele Gatti is on tour with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra: first stop the close Frankfurt, then they will fly over to the Far East, to South Korea and

Daniele Gatti is on the podium of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra on November 8 & 9 conducting Gustav Mahler’s Fourth Symphony and Joseph Haydn’s Cello Concerto. Soprano Julia Kleiter and

Daniele Gatti and the German violinist Frank Peter Zimmermann turn their attention to one of the most popular pieces composed by Beethoven, the Violin Concerto. The second half of the

Daniele Gatti opens Teatro alla Scala’s concert season on October 14 with Mahler’s Second Symphony, soloists Miah Persson (soprano) and Christianne Stotijn (mezzo). Re-runs on October 16 & 19.

It has been twenty years since Daniele Gatti conducted the Berliner Philharmoniker for the very first time. The concert of September 28 at the Berliner Philharmonie celebrates this anniversary (re-runs