On a date with Ligeti

Don't be alarmed if Maestro Ligeti himself wants to talk to you in the foyer. Ask him what you always wanted to know about contemporary opera!

Installation dates: 1 hour before the start of each performance and during the interval on 30.05. and 02.06. (Norma), 15.06. (Romeo and Juliet), 16.06. (La Cenerentola), 18.06. (La traviata)

_{Location: Foyer Nationaltheater/Balcony, in the left-hand gallery}

Introduction to Le Grand Macabre

Munich is performing Ligeti's only opera for the first time? It's a point of honor that the composer himself will give the introduction in virtual form! Exceptionally, these events (one hour before the start of the performance, duration: approx. 20 minutes) take place in the Capriccio-Saal.

Dates: 28.06., 01.07., 04.07., 07.07.2024

_{Location: Capriccio Hall}

Toccata à la Ligeti

Ligeti stole from Monteverdi and caricatured the famous brass fanfare to his opera Orfeo: in Ligeti's case, however, it is car horns. From the beginning of June, you will have the opportunity to try out Ligeti's horns for yourself in the stalls checkroom (in the left foyer area) and create your own soundscapes! Feel free to press the tube.

Dates: from the beginning of June 1 hour before the start of each performance

_{Location: Parquet wardrobe} 

Rendezvous: Ligeti Meets Kafka at Kunstlabor 2

György Ligeti's musical range is enormous. He composed car horn fanfares and highly dramatic choral music, made metronomes swell into clusters and was adept at the most delicate piano music. At Stelldichein! at Kunstlabor 2 on Dachauer Straße, his wonderfully enigmatic chamber music meets bizarre and enigmatic texts by Franz Kafka and Daniil Charms. In a tour through the rooms of the Kunstlabor, the audience will encounter dance improvisations and a choreography to Ligeti's Three Pieces for Two Pianos, Kafka's and Charms' enigmatic and fascinating narrative miniatures as well as Ligeti's String Quartet No. 1 with the promising title “Métamorphoses nocturnes”. Members of the Bavarian State Orchestra will play, members of the Bayerisches Staatsballett will dance and Valentino Dalle Mura from the Residenztheater will read.

The public will also have the opportunity to visit the permanent exhibition in the art lab and the special exhibition by visual artist Dasha Minkina and to talk to participating artists afterwards. The Artist is Present!

Wednesday, June 12, 2024, 8 p.m., Kunstlabor 2, Dachauer Str. 90, 80335 Munich

Sehend hören

First to the museum, then to the opera!

In cooperation with the Bavarian State Painting Collections, the series sehend hören combines selected productions with a visit to the museum. The combination of stage and music, image and song gives the art form of opera its special power. In the museum, the specific emotional and interpretative approaches of current Munich productions are taken as an opportunity to encounter works of art. In a dialog, bridges are built between the arts and unifying and divisive aspects are made visible.

Dates: 25.06, 02.07, 05.07 

_{Location: Alte Pinakothek} 

_{As part of four guided tours, Flemish Baroque painting expert Dr. Mirjam Neumeister will present the painting “The Land of Cockaigne” by Pieter Breughel the Elder in the Alte Pinakothek.}