Press Information of the Bayerische Staatsoper
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End of the 2019/2020 season at the Bayerische Staatsoper
By order of the Bavarian Ministry of Science and Art, the 2020 Munich Opera Festival will not be able to take place. Likewise, all remaining performances will be cancelled until the end of June 2020, thus ending the 2019/20 season of the Bayerische Staatsoper.
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The 2020–2021 season at the Bayerische Staatsoper
General Manager Nikolaus Bachler headlines his final season at the Bayerische Staatsoper with POINT OF INFLECTION. “In his Sonnets to Orpheus, Rainer Maria Rilke describes art as movement, as a process that often ends with the beginning and begins with the end,” explains Nikolaus Bachler. “Following thirteen years as the Staatsoper’s General Manager, these sentiments conjure up not just the end, but rather and in particular also the ‘point of inflection’.”
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STAATSOPER.TV - DIE TOTE STADT
We are pleased to announce that Erich Wolfgang Korngold's Die tote Stadt will not only be broadcast live on Max-Joseph-Platz as part of Opera for All on 19 July 2020, but also on STAATSOPER.TV.
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THE SNOW QUEEN – English-language premiere
Hans Abrahamsen’s first opera, The Snow Queen, celebrates its English-language premiere in Munich on 21 December 2019 in a staging by Andreas Kriegenburg. Barbara Hannigan, familiar with Abrahamsen’s music for some time now, sings the main role. Cornelius Meister conducts.
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STAATSOPER.TV - 2019/20 season
The 2019/20 STAATSOPER.TV season presents six more free live streams after Alban Berg's Wozzeck last Saturday. New this season is an extended video-on-demand offer: Four streams can not only be experienced live, but also as a 30-day video-on-demand on the website of the Bayerische Staatsoper.
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Reminder: STAATSOPER.TV - WOZZECK on 23 November
The Bayerische Staatsoper opens the 19/20 streaming season on 23 November 2019 at 7pm (CET) with Alban Berg's Wozzeck. Christian Gerhaher gives his Munich role debut in Andreas Kriegenburg's production. At his side Gun-Brit Barkmin sings Marie, Hartmut Haenchen takes over the musical direction.
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Premiere of DIE TOTE STADT on Monday, 18 November 2019
Erich Wolfgang Korngold’s Die tote Stadt celebrates its premiere in a staging by Simon Stone on 18 November. General Music Director Kirill Petrenko conducts the Bayerisches Staatsorchester. Jonas Kaufmann makes his role debut as Paul, accompanied by Marlis Petersen and Andrzej Filończyk.
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Two more live-streams this season on STAATSOPER.TV
FESTIVAL CONCERT with Kirill Petrenko and AGRIPPINA
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SALOME premiere, Thursday 27 June 2019
Richard Strauss’s Salome conducted by General Music Director Kirill Petrenko opens this year’s Munich Opera Festival.
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Premiere of ALCESTE on 26 May 2019
Director and choreographer Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui will develop the newproduction of Christoph Willibald Glucks „Alceste“ together with Antonello Manacorda conducting the Bayerisches Staatsorchester.
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Press Information: The new season at the Bayerische Staatsoper
General Manager Nikolaus Bachler and General Musical Director Kirill Petrenko headline the new season at the Bayerische Staatsoper with – KILL YOUR DARLINGS.
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Otello premiere, 23 November 2018
General Music Director Kirill Petrenko is currently working with director Amélie Niermeyer on the first new opera production of the season. Jonas Kaufmann assumes the title role, while Anja Harteros (Desdemona) and Gerald Finley (Jago) can be enjoyed at his side. Giuseppe Verdi’s late work Otello, based on William Shakespeare’s piece, celebrates its premiere on 23 November 2018.
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