PRESS RELEASE: REPLACEMENT OF GRANDIER IN "DIE TEUFEL VON LOUDUN" // FURTHER NEWS ABOUT THE MUNICH OPERA FESTIVAL

REPLACEMENT OF GRANDIER IN "DIE TEUFEL VON LOUDUN"
Wolfgang Koch, who was supposed to sing the part of the Grandier, unfortunately had to cancel the premiere due to illness. The opera Die Teufel von Loudun has been performed only a few times since its first performance, which made the search for singers who had the role in their repertoire difficult. This led to an unusual solution: Robert Dölle, from the Residenztheater ensemble, will scenically portray the role of Grandier. Jordan Shanahan will sing the part from the side of the stage.
 
Krzysztof Penderecki's Die Teufel von Loudun premieres Monday, 27 June 2022, 7 pm, opening this year's Munich Opera Festival. It is conducted by General Music Director Vladimir Jurowski. Simon Stone directs. Aušrinė Stundytė performs as Jeanne.
The Festival premiere on Monday, 27 June 2022, 7 pm, is broadcast live via live stream on STAATSOPER.TV, BR-KLASSIK Concert as well as on radio. Before the performance begins, host Maximilian Maier, from 6:30 pm onwards, will talk to people involved in the production.
 
 
PREMIÈRE "CAPRICCIO" ON 17 JULY 2022
On Sunday 17 July 2022, 7pm, Richard Strauss's last opera Capriccio, first performed at the Nationaltheater in 1942, premieres in a production by David Marton. Diana Damrau and Michael Nagy appear as the Count and Countess. The Bayerisches Staatsorchester plays under the Musical Direction of Lothar Koenigs. The opera is part of the Richard Strauss cycle, the theme of the 2022 Opernfestspiele.

MORE NEWS FROM THE MÜCHNER OPERNFESTSPIELE
In keeping with tradition, all new productions of the season return to the stage of the Nationaltheater during the Münchner Opernfestspiele. The festivities include Hector Berlioz's opera Les Troyens with Ekaterina Semenchuk and Jennifer Holloway, as well as Peter Grimes by Benjamin Britten, with Stuart Skelton and Rachel Willis-Sørensen as Ellen Orford, and Shostakovich's opera Die Nase, with General Music Director Vladimir Jurowski conducting the Bayerisches Staatsorchester. Furthermore, the Bayerische Staatsoper presents Barry Kosky's production of Leos Janáček's work Das schlaue Füchslein as an Opera for All on Saturday, 16 July 2022, 7 pm, on Max-Joseph-Platz in front of the steps of the Nationaltheater.
The Festival Song Recital with Anja Harteros on Sunday, 19 July 2022 in the Prinzregententheater was cancelled.

FESTIVAL PREMIERE „DIE TEUFEL VON LOUDUN" ON 27 JUNE 2022 WITH A REPLACEMENT OF GRANDIER

„CAPRICCIO" ON 17 JULY 2022

MORE NEWS FROM THE MÜNCHNER OPERNFESTSPIELE

FESTIVAL PREMIERE „DIE TEUFEL VON LOUDUN" ON 27 JUNE 2022 WITH A REPLACEMENT OF GRANDIER

Krzysztof Penderecki's Die Teufel von Loudun celebrates its premiere on Monday, 27 June 2022, 7 pm, opening this year's Münchner Operernfestspiele. The new production is under the Musical Direction of General Music Director Vladimir Jurowski. Simon Stone directs. In role debuts are Aušrinė Stundytė as Jeanne and Jordan Shanahan and Robert Dölle as Grandier.
 
Sinful fantasies of a nun, lewd debauchery of a priest, envy and jealousy of bigoted petty bourgeoisie - and above all the political master plan of an ambitious churchman: from this mixture of events an exorcism excess arose in a French provincial town in the early 17th century. The feigned exorcism of the allegedly possessed Ursuline nun Jeanne became a means for Cardinal Richelieu to silence disagreeable forces such as the open-hearted clergyman Grandier on the scaffold, thus creating a climate of fear in which no one will dare to oppose him.
 
The premiere performance of Penderecki's work on Monday, 27 June 2022, 7 pm, is broadcasted live on BR-KLASSIK Concert and on radio.
A Video-on-demand will be available for 30 days on STAATSOPER.TV and BR-KLASSIK Concert from Tuesday 28 June 2022.
 
Krzysztof Penderecki
DIE TEUFEL VON LOUDUN
Opera in three acts
Libretto by the composer based on The Devils of Loudun by Aldous Huxley in the dramatisation by John Whiting using the German translation of the drama by Erich Fried.
 
FESTIVAL PREMIERE
Mon, 27.6.2022, 7.00 pm (CEST)
From 6.30 pm (CEST) on BR-KLASSIK Live-Stream and on STAATSOPER.TV
Nationaltheater
 
FURTHER PERFORMANCES
Thu, 30.6.2022, 7.00 pm. (CEST)
Sun, 3.7.2022, 7.00 pm (CEST)
Thu, 7.7.2022, 7.00 pm (CEST)
Nationaltheater

Robert Dölle, born in Frankfurt am Main, completed his acting studies at the Otto Falckenberg School in Munich. In 1996 he took up his first permanent engagement at the Münchner Kammerspiele, where he appeared in productions by Dieter Dorn and Peter Zadek, among others. In 1999 he moved to Schauspiel Frankfurt, where he worked with Amélie Niermeyer, Jens-Daniel Herzog and Hans Falar, among others. In 2001 he returned to the Münchner Kammerspiele, where he worked with directors such as Jossi Wieler, Johan Simons and Karin Beier. From 2009 to 2019 he was engaged at Schauspiel Köln, where he appeared in productions by Karin Beier, Stefan Bachmann, Alvis Hermanis, Christina Paulhofer, Rafael Sanchez, Sebastian Nübling, Nicolas Steman, Therese Willstedt, Roger Vontobel. Since 2002, Dölle has also been increasingly active in film and television, most recently, for example, in the cinema production Mackie Messer - Brecht's Dreigroschenfilm by Joachim Lang.

Jordan Shanahan, born in Hawaii, studied trombone and composition at the University of Hawaii. He then transferred to Temple University Philadelphia to study voice. His repertoire includes roles such as  Riccardo (I Puritani), Escamillo (Carmen), Zurga (Les Pêcheurs de perles), Figaro and Il Conte di Almaviva (Le nozze di Figaro), die Titelpartie in Rigoletto, Clyde Griffiths (An American Tragedy), Don Carlo di Vargas (La Forza del Destino) and Tamare (Die Gezeichneten). More recently, he has been in demand for Wagner roles: the title role in Der fliegende Holländer, Wolfram von Eschenbach in Tannhäuser and Alberich in Der Ring des Nibelungen, which he performed in Stefan Herheim's new production at the Deutsche Oper Berlin. He has also sung at opera houses such as the Metropolitan Opera New York, the Lyric Opera of Chicago, the Santa Fe Opera, the Nederlands Opera in Amsterdam, the Opera of St. Louis, the Theater St. Gallen and at the Bregenz Festival. He made his debut at the Bayerische Staatsoper in 2016 as Apostolo Gazella in Lucrezia Borgia.

PREMIERE "CAPRICCIO" ON 17 JULY 2022

Richard Strauss' last opera Capriccio premieres at the Prinzregententheater on Sunday, 17 July 2022, 7 pm. The composer takes stock musically with this late work. He sets the action in late 18th-century Paris and has his personnel discuss questions of aesthetics, even though he writes his opera in war-torn Germany in 1942.
 
Director David Marton does not hide the horrors of the time of its creation, traces them into the work and yet preserves its spirit. His production of Capriccio was created for the Opéra National de Lyon. At the Bayerische Staatsoper, he is recreating the production with a set design by his long-time stage designer Christian Friedländer. Musical Direction Lothar Koenigs conducts the Bayerische Staatsorchester. Diana Damrau takes on the role of the Countess. Michael Nagy can be experienced as the Count.
 
Richard Strauss
CAPRICCIO
Conversation piece for music
 
PREMIERE
Sun, 17.7.22, 7.00 pm (CEST)
Prinzregententheater
 
FURTHER PERFORMANCES
Wed, 20.7.22, 7.00 pm (CEST)
Sat, 23.7.22, 6.00 pm (CEST)
Mon, 25.7.22, 7.00 pm (CEST)
Wed, 27.7.22, 7.00 pm (CEST)
Prinzregententheater

MORE NEWS FROM THE MÜNCHNER OPERNFESTSPIELE

The Münchner Opernfestspiele of the Bayerische Staatsoper begin with the premiere of Penderecki's Die Teufel von Loudun on Monday, 27 June 2022, 7 pm.
In addition to festival concerts, song recitals and the two premieres, the programme brings back all new productions of the previous season to the stage.
 
Among others, Hector Berlioz's opera Les Troyens, with Ekaterina Semenchuk as Didon and Jennifer Holloway in the role of Cassandre, returns at the beginning of the festivities on two evenings, Wednesday, 6 and Sunday, 10 July 2022, as well as Peter Grimes by Benjamin Britten, with Stuart Skelton in the title role and Rachel Willis-Sørensen as Ellen Orford on Saturday 9 and 12 July 2022.
Furthermore, Shostakovich's opera Die Nase, with General Music Director Vladimir Jurowski conducting the Bayerische Staatsorchester can also be experienced during the festival season on two evenings, 17 and 20 July 2022.
Barry Kosky's production of Janáček's Das schlaue Füchslein is presented to the public as Opera for All on Saturday, 16 July 2022 at 7 pm. Rachel Willis-Sørensen takes on the role of Desdemona in Verdi's Otello.
 
The Festival Song Recital with Anja Harteros on Sunday, 19 July 2022 at the Prinzregententheater was cancelled without replacement.

Dmitri Schostakowitsch
DIE NASE
 
On Sunday 17 and Wednesday 20 July 2022, the Bayerische Staatsoper once again presents the first premiere of this season, Dmitri Shostakovich's opera Die Nase. General Music Director Vladimir Jurowski takes over the Musical Direction of the Bayerisches Staatsorchester, as he did at the beginning of the opera season. The work, staged by Kirill Serebrennikov, with its story of a nose that splits off, is a critique of a post-czarist Russia ravaged by war and terror.
 
PERFORMANCES
Sun, 17.7.22, 7.00 pm (CEST)
Wed, 20.7.22, 7.00 pm (CEST)
Nationaltheater

Leoš Janáček
DAS SCHLAUE FÜCHSLEIN
 
A vixen is caught by the forester, causes a chicken revolt on his farm, escapes, drives a badger from his house and marries another fox before she meets her end at the hands of a hunter. Barrie Kosky's production of Leoš Janáček's Das schlaue Füchslein returns for two evenings, on Monday 11 July 2022 and Saturday 16 July 2022, as part of the annual Opera for All event on Max-Joseph-Platz in front of the steps of the Nationaltheater under free admission. Wolfgang Koch is on stage as Förster. Elena Tsallagova sings the part of the Fox.
 
PERFORMANCES
Mon, 11.7.22, 7.00 pm (CEST)
Nationaltheater
 
OPERA FOR ALL
Sat, 16.7.22, 7.00 pm (CEST)
Live from the Nationaltheater
Max-Joseph-Platz

Hector Berlioz
LES TROYENS
 
Hector Berlioz's grand opéra in five acts is performed at the Bayerische Staatsoper on two evenings, Wednesday 6 and Sunday 10 July 2022. Les Troyens reflects the close intertwining of happiness and disaster in the face of two women, Cassandre and Didon. Ekaterina Semenchuk embodies the role of Didon, Jennifer Holloway can be seen on
stage in the role of Cassandre.
 
PERFORMANCES
Wed, 6.7.22, 6.00 pm (CEST)
Sun, 10.7.22, 5.00 pm (CEST)
Nationaltheater

Benjamin Britten
PETER GRIMES
 
Peter Grimes by Benjamin Britten is about a court case. A boy dies. Peter Grimes is held responsible for it. With each subsequent twist, the protagonist's unhappy fate is further sealed. Stuart Skelton in the title role and Rachel Willis-Sørensen as Ellen Orford can be experienced at the Bayerische Staatsoper on the occasion of the Münchner Opernfestspiele during two evenings on Saturday, 9 and Tuesday, 12 July 2022.
 
PERFORMANCES
Sat, 9.7.22, 7.00 pm (CEST)
Tue, 12.7.22, 7.00 pm (CEST)
Nationaltheater