Tag: Munich Opera
Munich: Ferris Wheel Opera Umadum in the Werksviertel – Munich
The number of musicians who can claim to have played their instrument eighty meters above the ground in a Ferris wheel gondola is probably 27. That’s how many gondolas the…
This is how it continues after the holidays at the State Opera – Munich
Final applause at the opera festival. The decorative curtain weighing 400 kilograms with 120 gold tassels is now finally closed and everyone wishes “happy theater holidays!”. Anyone who has ever…
State Opera: Kammersänger Ulrich Reß retired – Munich
Of Jutta Czeguhn, Munich There’s a tenor in the hardware store in Augsburg… That’s how a mediocre joke could begin. But no, that’s just the start of one of those…
Munich: Great opera singers about their love for art songs – Munich
Rarely has there been more art song than at this opera festival. With Christian Gerhaher, Jonas Kaufmann, Marlis Petersen, Anna Prohaska and Ian Bostridge, the State Opera has brought the…
Munich: Festival song recital with Jonas Kaufmann at the State Opera – Munich
The shutter speeds during the hard lockdown have driven many great operatic voices to the song, to the small form, to the Biedermeier house music setting, so to speak. Well,…
Conductor Stefan Soltész died after a collapse – Munich
The conductor Stefan Soltész collapsed during a performance at the Munich National Theater and then died. With horror and great sadness, the Bavarian State Opera announces the death of the…
Pasing: Memory of Jewish Opera Singers – Munich
The memory of a deceased person’s voice is the first thing we lose. No recordings are known of Berthold Sterneck’s powerful bass, famous all over Europe at the time. On…
Munich Opera Festival with Christian Gerhaher and Anna Lucia Richter – Munich
One can already feel sorry for this grumpy man in Hugo Wolf’s “Italian Songbook”, whose affection, desire and love always somehow come at the wrong time or find the wrong…
Review: “Rita” at the Gärtnerplatztheater – Munich
Oh, how the 1960s interior of an Italian bar is always an eye-catcher and awakens holiday feelings, just like now on the studio stage of the Gärtnerplatztheater! Judith Leikauf and…
Corona: State Opera cancels performance of the “Devils of Loudun”. – Munich
For the premiere of Krzysztof Penderecki’s “The Devils of Loudun” on Monday, the Bavarian State Opera pulled out all the stops to find a baritone to step in at short…