directors were Gabriele Ferro and Lothar Zagrosek, Nicola Luisotti conducted frequently during Zehelein's era. Albrecht Puhlmann succeeded Zehelein as the company's Intendant. Present Manfred Honeck was Generalmusikdirektor (GMD) from 2007 to 2011. Jossi Wieler was Intendant (artistic director) of the company from 2011 until 2018, succeeding Albrecht Puhlmann. In April 2010, Wieler appointed Sylvain Cambreling as Generalmusikdirektor (GMD) of the company, effective with the 2012-2013 season. Wieler and Cambreling each stood down from their respective posts with the company in 2018. Since 2018, Viktor Schoner is Intendant of the company. Cornelius Meister became GMD of the company also in 2018. In October 2022, the company announced the extension of Meister's contract as GMD through 2026. General Music Directors Fritz Busch (1918–1922) Carl Leonhardt (1918–1922) Herbert Albert (1937–1942) Ferdinand Leitner (1947–1969) Václav Neumann (1970–1972) Silvio Varviso (1972–1980) Dennis Russell Davies (1980–1987) Luis Antonio García Navarro (1987–1991) Gabriele Ferro (1992–1997) Lothar Zagrosek (1997–2006) Manfred Honeck (2007–2011) Sylvain Cambreling (2012–2018) Cornelius Meister (2018–present) Selected discography Stuttgart CD productions: Philip Glass: Akhnaten (1987) Luigi Nono: Intolleranza 1960 (1995) Al gran sole carico d'amore (2001) Helmut Lachenmann: Das Mädchen mit den Schwefelhölzern (2003) Stuttgart productions on DVD: Philip Glass: Satyagraha (1983) Handel: Alcina (1999) Karl Amadeus Hartmann: Simplicius Simplicissimus (2005) Mozart: La finta giardiniera [2006) Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen (2003) Bernd Alois Zimmermann: Die Soldaten (1989) References Notes Sources Bauman, Thomas and Koegler, Horst: "Stuttgart", New Grove Dictionary of Opera, ed. Stanley Sadie (London, 1992) External links German opera companies