Simplicius Simplicissimus
Conductors that made their debut in Dresden include Josep Caballé Domenech, Julia Jones (conductor), Nicola Luisotti, Michele Mariotti, Carlo Montanaro, Pier Giorgio Morandi, Henrik Nánási, Daniel Oren and Omer Meir Wellber. Pessen widened the repertory span to include commissions from and Lucia Ronchetti, as well as Karl Amadeus Hartmann’s "Simplicius Simplicissimus", Jaromir Weinberger’s "Svanda Dudák", ("Schwanda the Bagpiper"), Kurt Weill’s "Street Scene (opera)", Hans Werner Henze’s "Gisela!" and "We Come to the River".