The Opera Tattler
Reviews of Performances and their Audiences
Category: Bayerische Staatsoper
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* Notes *A new production of Pelléas et Mélisande (Act II, Scene 1 pictured, photograph by Wilfried Hösl) opened as part of the Münchner Opernfestspiele opened earlier this month. Last night's performance had some very nice singing, but the production did not elucidate this dreamy, strange piece. Maestro Hannu Lintu presided over a glittery orchestra,…
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* Notes *Bayerische Staatsoper's 2017 Tannhäuser (ovation pictured, photograph by author) returned to the Münchner Opernfestspiele last night. The performance was absolutely transcendent in its beauty, with grand playing from the orchestra and wonderful singing. The orchestra sounded full and together under Maestro Sebastian Weigle. The trumpets, bassoons, and harp were particularly fine. This staging,…
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* Notes *An excellent revival of Parsifal (ovation pictured, photograph by author) opened at Münchner Opernfestspiele yesterday evening. Musically, it was the best Parsifal I have heard live, the orchestra sounded splendid and the singers were all great. Maestro Adam Fischer lead the orchestra with verve, starting off the Vorspiel in a stately manner and…
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September 23 2012- June 29 2013: Tannhäuser September 30- October 30 2012: Fidelio October 7 2012- July 24 2013: Tosca October 27 2012- July 21 2013: Babylon October 28- November 4 2012: Dialogues des Carmélites November 5-16 2012: Rusalka November 11 2012- July 3 2013: Lohengrin November 22- December 1 2012: Turandot November 24- December…
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Kirill Petrenko has been named Generalmusikdirektor of the Bavarian State Opera, starting on September 1, 2013. Press Release (In German) | Official Site
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William Mason, Lyric Opera of Chicago's general director, will retire at then end of the 2011-2012 season. Generalmusikdirektor Kent Nagano is leaving the Bayerische Staatsoper when his contract is up in 2013. William Mason Press Release | Welt Online
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Our correspondent in Germany, Opernphrenologe, was recently in Munich. What follows is a lightly edited review of the new Don Giovanni production that recently opened at Bayerische Staatsoper. * Notes * The premiere of Don Giovanni, directed by Stephan Kimmig, in München started out badly enough. The curtain opened to reveal a naked old…
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September 19 2009- July 20 2010: Ariadne auf Naxos September 20 2009- July 6 2010: Lucrezia Borgia October 4 2009- June 12 2010: Carmen October 11 2009- July 9 2010: Jenůfa October 15 2009- July 29 2010: Lohengrin October 31 2009- July 8 2010: Don Giovanni November 1-8 2009: Eugene Onegin November 13-25 2009: Il…
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I'm being kept quite busy with non-opera activities, so I present to you an opera painting from 2003. This acrylic on paper work was painted after I had gone to a performance of Händel's Serse at the Bavarian State Opera. It was one of the few times in Munich that I wasn't in standing room. The…
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October 2 2008- July 24 2009: Macbeth October 4-11 2008: Das Gehege / Salome October 5 2008- July 13 2009: Norma October 19-25 2008: Die Bassariden October 23- November 2 2008: Eugene Onegin November 1-6 2008: Die Entführung aus dem Serail November 8 2008- May 21 2009: Der fliegende Holländer November 10 2008- January 31…
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