Staatskapelle
Staatskapelle or State Orchestra is part of the name of several important orchestras, most of which have their origins in the court orchestras of the royal houses, for which they played in the local opera houses. They later became state institutions. Even today these orchestras are in most cases tied to the institution of the opera; But they also appear as a concert symphony orchestra .
Examples
Staatskapellen (formerly court orchestras):
- Staatskapelle Berlin
- Saxon State Orchestra Dresden
- Staatskapelle Hall
- Badische Staatskapelle Karlsruhe
- Mecklenburg State Orchestra Schwerin
- Weimar State Orchestra
- Royal Court Orchestra (Kungliga Hovkapellet) - Royal Opera House (Stockholm)
The following can also be derived from court chapels:
- Bavarian State Orchestra
- Braunschweig State Orchestra
- Brandenburg State Orchestra Frankfurt (Oder)
- Meininger court chapel
- Lower Saxony State Orchestra Hanover
- Philharmonic State Orchestra Hamburg
- Kassel State Orchestra
- Philharmonic State Orchestra Mainz
- State Orchestra Rheinische Philharmonie
- State Orchestra Stuttgart
- Loh Orchestra Sondershausen
- Wiener Hofmusikkapelle