Tag: Culture in Bavaria
Advance ticket sales have started for the Bayreuth Baroque Festival – Munich
The world has changed radically in the past 300 years, but the pleasure that people feel when they watch others making fools of themselves, tormenting one another, suffering, has probably…
Special exhibition in the Museum im Kulturspeicher Würzburg – Munich
The face is emaciated, the nose long and pointed. The woman has closed her big eyes and listens to herself. She is pregnant, her arms lie protectively on her round…
Review: The opera “Angel’s Bone” in Augsburg – Munich
There were two premieres of contemporary music theater over the weekend at the Augsburg State Theater: the moving, intimate monoopera “The Diary of Anne Frank” by Grigori Frid on the…
Brecht Festival Augsburg: Interview with director Julian Warner – Bavaria
Interviewed by Yvonne Poppek, Augsburg The ideas of the cultural anthropologist, musician and performance artist Julian Warner for the Brecht Festival in Augsburg are new, and sometimes strange and unexpected.…
This is how Bavaria ticks – how did the rise of the former poor house come about? – Bavaria
In his new book, publicist Kaevan Gazdar investigates how Bavaria managed to rise from a poor house to a prosperous paradise. His summary: The success is not the merit of…
Brecht Festival Augsburg: Interview with director Julian Warner – Munich
Julian Warner directs the Augsburg Brecht Festival for the first time. Instead of rummaging through the works of the poet Bertolt Brecht, he prefers to link his ideas with the…
What’s on offer in Augsburg for Bertolt Brecht’s 125th birthday – Munich
The question of whether Bertolt Brecht likes Augsburg has been clarified. “Yes, I like Augsburg,” comes the answer. “It’s a beautiful city with a rich history and culture. I have…
Memmingen: “End in laughter” at the Landestheater Schwaben – Munich
It’s a topic that’s often relegated to the corner of the brain that’s responsible for repression: care in old age. Politicians have shown it, the problem can be ignored until…
Lahav Shani new chief conductor of the Munich Philharmonic – Munich
The successor to Valery Gergiev, who was fired because of his closeness to Putin, is certain: the Israeli Shani will conduct the Philharmonic in the future. As a piano soloist…
Munich: Ernst Hoferichter Prize 2023 awarded – Munich
There is a lot of talk about fathers this evening. As the 94-year-old explains, Karl Stankiewitz’ father came from Poland. Deniz Aykanat reads what she experienced when she was a…