City: Munich| Date | Event | Composers, Works, Performers |
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| Thursday 23-May-13 07:00pm |
 National Theatre, MunichLa Traviata |
Bavarian State Opera Dan Ettinger, Conductor Günter Krämer, Director Ermonela Jaho, Soprano: Violetta Valéry Heike Grötzinger, Mezzo-soprano: Flora Bervoix Piotr Beczala, Tenor: Alfredo Germont Fabio Maria Capitanucci, Baritone: Giorgio Germont |
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| National Theatre, Munich, Munich, Germany Thursday 23-May-13 07:00pm Men don't fall in love with courtesans! That's the opinion of Alfredo's father after his son moves in with the mortally ill Violetta Valéry. In her love for Alfredo Violetta even agrees. She leaves him, dies poor, ill – still dreaming of the happiness of true love. One of Verdi's most beloved operas continues to hold the mirror up to society and its hypocritical morality. An exemplary production! See it!
In Italian with German surtitles.Image credit: Wilfried Hösl Dan Ettinger, Conductor Günter Krämer, Director Ermonela Jaho, Soprano: Violetta Valéry Heike Grötzinger, Mezzo-soprano: Flora Bervoix Piotr Beczala, Tenor: Alfredo Germont Fabio Maria Capitanucci, Baritone: Giorgio Germont | ||
| Friday 24-May-13 07:00pm |
National Theatre, Munich Les Contes d'Hoffmann |
Bavarian State Opera Emmanuel Villaume, Conductor Richard Jones, Director Kathleen Kim, Soprano: Olympia Genia Kühmeier, Soprano: Antonia Dinara Alieva, Soprano: Giulietta Kevin Conners, Tenor: Andreas/Cochenille/Pitichinaccio /Frantz John Relyea, Bass-baritone: Lindorff/Coppélius/Miracle/Dapertutto Tara Erraught, Mezzo-soprano: The Muse Giuseppe Filianoti, Tenor: Hoffmann |
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| National Theatre, Munich, Munich, Germany Friday 24-May-13 07:00pm Les Contes d'Hoffmann The protagonist of the opera is E.T.A. Hoffmann, the prototype of the German romantic period artist: his life is an artwork, his lower depths, his doubts, his grand inspirations – his crises. And all of these are connected with: women. Hoffmann in the opera tells of three types of woman in his tales, the “lifeless doll with a heart of ice”, the “virtuoso”, ill and destined to die, as well as the “shameless courtesan”.
Jacques Offenbach’s opera fantastique, premièred in 1881, is based on the play of the same name by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré, who drew from the biographies and works of E.T.A. Hoffmann, Adelbert von Chamisso and Alfred de Musset to create their own artist’s drama. It is not a literature opera – the protagonists from different romantic tales are connected to one another by a fictitious Hoffmann – but rather more of a message to the writer, telling him to make art his matter of the heart, or perhaps even open up his heart with brutal frankness.
Co-production with the English National Opera, London.
In French with German surtitles.Image credit: Wilfried Hösl Emmanuel Villaume, Conductor Richard Jones, Director Kathleen Kim, Soprano: Olympia Genia Kühmeier, Soprano: Antonia Dinara Alieva, Soprano: Giulietta Kevin Conners, Tenor: Andreas/Cochenille/Pitichinaccio /Frantz John Relyea, Bass-baritone: Lindorff/Coppélius/Miracle/Dapertutto Tara Erraught, Mezzo-soprano: The Muse Giuseppe Filianoti, Tenor: Hoffmann | ||
| Saturday 25-May-13 07:30pm |
National Theatre, Munich La Bayadère - Revival |
Bavarian State Ballet |
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| National Theatre, Munich, Munich, Germany Saturday 25-May-13 07:30pm La Bayadère - Revival La Bayadère was the first work in a series of successful reconstructions of 19th century repertory which has been – almost – completed in Munich. This splendid full-length gem of a true Russian classic by master choreographer Marius Petipa, focuses on the two characters of Nikija and Solor, caught in a complicated triangle relationship. Petipa stands for the great era of the Russian Imperial ballet at the Mariinsky Theater St. Petersburg. Most audiences today associate him with the famous and ever popular Tchaikovsky-ballets: The Sleeping Beauty and Swan Lake or Don Quixote with music by Ludwig Minkus.
Created in 1877, La Bayadère is a mixture of an exotic tale, a thriller and a celebration of virtuosity. At its center are the two lovers: the priestess, the Bayadère, Nikija and the soldier Solor. The ladder however is promised in marriage to Gamzatti, the daughter of the Radja, whilst the Great Brahman has fallen in love with his priestess Nikija. Nikija falls victim to murder by her rival and Solor dreams himself into the 'Kingdom of Shades' in order to be reunited with his love. What follows is one of the most famous, magnificent white acts in ballet history.
The Bavarian State Ballet has worked on this version, together with the French choreographer Patrice Bart and the Japanese stage- and costume designer Tomio Mohri. The heart of the piece, the 'Kingdom of Shades' act, the betrothal celebration scene with it ceremonious line filing dance and some elaborate pantomime scenes can be seen in its original version.
The final act, lost in Russia since the beginning of the century, is part a new creation, part reconstruction.Image credit: Wilfried Hösl | ||
| Sunday 26-May-13 07:00pm |
National Theatre, Munich La Traviata |
Bavarian State Opera Dan Ettinger, Conductor Günter Krämer, Director Ermonela Jaho, Soprano: Violetta Valéry Heike Grötzinger, Mezzo-soprano: Flora Bervoix Piotr Beczala, Tenor: Alfredo Germont Fabio Maria Capitanucci, Baritone: Giorgio Germont |
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| National Theatre, Munich, Munich, Germany Sunday 26-May-13 07:00pm Men don't fall in love with courtesans! That's the opinion of Alfredo's father after his son moves in with the mortally ill Violetta Valéry. In her love for Alfredo Violetta even agrees. She leaves him, dies poor, ill – still dreaming of the happiness of true love. One of Verdi's most beloved operas continues to hold the mirror up to society and its hypocritical morality. An exemplary production! See it!
In Italian with German surtitles.Image credit: Wilfried Hösl Dan Ettinger, Conductor Günter Krämer, Director Ermonela Jaho, Soprano: Violetta Valéry Heike Grötzinger, Mezzo-soprano: Flora Bervoix Piotr Beczala, Tenor: Alfredo Germont Fabio Maria Capitanucci, Baritone: Giorgio Germont | ||
| Wednesday 29-May-13 07:00pm |
National Theatre, Munich Les Contes d'Hoffmann |
Bavarian State Opera Emmanuel Villaume, Conductor Richard Jones, Director Kathleen Kim, Soprano: Olympia Genia Kühmeier, Soprano: Antonia Dinara Alieva, Soprano: Giulietta Kevin Conners, Tenor: Andreas/Cochenille/Pitichinaccio /Frantz John Relyea, Bass-baritone: Lindorff/Coppélius/Miracle/Dapertutto Tara Erraught, Mezzo-soprano: The Muse Giuseppe Filianoti, Tenor: Hoffmann |
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| National Theatre, Munich, Munich, Germany Wednesday 29-May-13 07:00pm Les Contes d'Hoffmann The protagonist of the opera is E.T.A. Hoffmann, the prototype of the German romantic period artist: his life is an artwork, his lower depths, his doubts, his grand inspirations – his crises. And all of these are connected with: women. Hoffmann in the opera tells of three types of woman in his tales, the “lifeless doll with a heart of ice”, the “virtuoso”, ill and destined to die, as well as the “shameless courtesan”.
Jacques Offenbach’s opera fantastique, premièred in 1881, is based on the play of the same name by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré, who drew from the biographies and works of E.T.A. Hoffmann, Adelbert von Chamisso and Alfred de Musset to create their own artist’s drama. It is not a literature opera – the protagonists from different romantic tales are connected to one another by a fictitious Hoffmann – but rather more of a message to the writer, telling him to make art his matter of the heart, or perhaps even open up his heart with brutal frankness.
Co-production with the English National Opera, London.
In French with German surtitles.Image credit: Wilfried Hösl Emmanuel Villaume, Conductor Richard Jones, Director Kathleen Kim, Soprano: Olympia Genia Kühmeier, Soprano: Antonia Dinara Alieva, Soprano: Giulietta Kevin Conners, Tenor: Andreas/Cochenille/Pitichinaccio /Frantz John Relyea, Bass-baritone: Lindorff/Coppélius/Miracle/Dapertutto Tara Erraught, Mezzo-soprano: The Muse Giuseppe Filianoti, Tenor: Hoffmann | ||
| Thursday 30-May-13 04:00pm |
National Theatre, Munich La Traviata |
Bavarian State Opera Dan Ettinger, Conductor Günter Krämer, Director Ermonela Jaho, Soprano: Violetta Valéry Heike Grötzinger, Mezzo-soprano: Flora Bervoix Piotr Beczala, Tenor: Alfredo Germont Fabio Maria Capitanucci, Baritone: Giorgio Germont |
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| National Theatre, Munich, Munich, Germany Thursday 30-May-13 04:00pm Men don't fall in love with courtesans! That's the opinion of Alfredo's father after his son moves in with the mortally ill Violetta Valéry. In her love for Alfredo Violetta even agrees. She leaves him, dies poor, ill – still dreaming of the happiness of true love. One of Verdi's most beloved operas continues to hold the mirror up to society and its hypocritical morality. An exemplary production! See it!
In Italian with German surtitles.Image credit: Wilfried Hösl Dan Ettinger, Conductor Günter Krämer, Director Ermonela Jaho, Soprano: Violetta Valéry Heike Grötzinger, Mezzo-soprano: Flora Bervoix Piotr Beczala, Tenor: Alfredo Germont Fabio Maria Capitanucci, Baritone: Giorgio Germont | ||
| Friday 31-May-13 08:00pm |
National Theatre, Munich Heroes - Première |
Bavarian State Ballet |
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| National Theatre, Munich, Munich, Germany Friday 31-May-13 08:00pm Heroes - Première "To become a hero, one must be different. The deeds of a hero shall bring him glory, they can be of physical or intellectual nature: Courage, a willingness to make sacrifices and to stand up for ideals and fellow human beings. Heroes are the counterpart of villains and cowards – or so they should be.”
With Once Upon An Ever After stage designer rosalie and choreographer Terence Kohler have produced a celebrated blockbuster of dance as the centerpiece of the 100 years of Ballets Russes bill. For Heroes the two artists will once again collaborate to create the premiere of the Ballet Festival Week 2013 on the Bavarian State Ballet. Terence Kohler chose musical scores by Alfred Schnittke for his piece. In addition he is working with composer Lera Auerbach. New production.Image credit: Once Upon an Ever After © Wilfried Hösl | ||
| Saturday 1-Jun-13 07:30pm |
National Theatre, Munich Heroes - Première |
Bavarian State Ballet |
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| National Theatre, Munich, Munich, Germany Saturday 1-Jun-13 07:30pm Heroes - Première "To become a hero, one must be different. The deeds of a hero shall bring him glory, they can be of physical or intellectual nature: Courage, a willingness to make sacrifices and to stand up for ideals and fellow human beings. Heroes are the counterpart of villains and cowards – or so they should be.”
With Once Upon An Ever After stage designer rosalie and choreographer Terence Kohler have produced a celebrated blockbuster of dance as the centerpiece of the 100 years of Ballets Russes bill. For Heroes the two artists will once again collaborate to create the premiere of the Ballet Festival Week 2013 on the Bavarian State Ballet. Terence Kohler chose musical scores by Alfred Schnittke for his piece. In addition he is working with composer Lera Auerbach. New production.Image credit: Once Upon an Ever After © Wilfried Hösl | ||
| Sunday 2-Jun-13 06:00pm |
National Theatre, Munich Les Contes d'Hoffmann |
Bavarian State Opera Emmanuel Villaume, Conductor Richard Jones, Director Kathleen Kim, Soprano: Olympia Genia Kühmeier, Soprano: Antonia Dinara Alieva, Soprano: Giulietta Kevin Conners, Tenor: Andreas/Cochenille/Pitichinaccio /Frantz John Relyea, Bass-baritone: Lindorff/Coppélius/Miracle/Dapertutto Tara Erraught, Mezzo-soprano: The Muse Giuseppe Filianoti, Tenor: Hoffmann |
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| National Theatre, Munich, Munich, Germany Sunday 2-Jun-13 06:00pm Les Contes d'Hoffmann The protagonist of the opera is E.T.A. Hoffmann, the prototype of the German romantic period artist: his life is an artwork, his lower depths, his doubts, his grand inspirations – his crises. And all of these are connected with: women. Hoffmann in the opera tells of three types of woman in his tales, the “lifeless doll with a heart of ice”, the “virtuoso”, ill and destined to die, as well as the “shameless courtesan”.
Jacques Offenbach’s opera fantastique, premièred in 1881, is based on the play of the same name by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré, who drew from the biographies and works of E.T.A. Hoffmann, Adelbert von Chamisso and Alfred de Musset to create their own artist’s drama. It is not a literature opera – the protagonists from different romantic tales are connected to one another by a fictitious Hoffmann – but rather more of a message to the writer, telling him to make art his matter of the heart, or perhaps even open up his heart with brutal frankness.
Co-production with the English National Opera, London.
In French with German surtitles.Image credit: Wilfried Hösl Emmanuel Villaume, Conductor Richard Jones, Director Kathleen Kim, Soprano: Olympia Genia Kühmeier, Soprano: Antonia Dinara Alieva, Soprano: Giulietta Kevin Conners, Tenor: Andreas/Cochenille/Pitichinaccio /Frantz John Relyea, Bass-baritone: Lindorff/Coppélius/Miracle/Dapertutto Tara Erraught, Mezzo-soprano: The Muse Giuseppe Filianoti, Tenor: Hoffmann | ||
| Monday 3-Jun-13 07:00pm |
National Theatre, Munich Simon Boccanegra |
Bavarian State Opera Bertrand de Billy, Conductor Dmitri Tcherniakov, Director Željko Lučić, Baritone: Simon Boccanegra Krassimira Stoyanova, Soprano: Maria Boccanegra (Amelia Grimaldi) Vitalij Kowaljow, Bass: Jacopo Fiesco Ramón Vargas, Tenor: Gabriele Adorno Levente Molnár, Baritone: Paolo Albiani |
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| National Theatre, Munich, Munich, Germany Monday 3-Jun-13 07:00pm In Italian with German surtitles.Bertrand de Billy, Conductor Dmitri Tcherniakov, Director Željko Lučić, Baritone: Simon Boccanegra Krassimira Stoyanova, Soprano: Maria Boccanegra (Amelia Grimaldi) Vitalij Kowaljow, Bass: Jacopo Fiesco Ramón Vargas, Tenor: Gabriele Adorno Levente Molnár, Baritone: Paolo Albiani | ||
| Wednesday 5-Jun-13 07:00pm |
National Theatre, Munich Les Contes d'Hoffmann |
Bavarian State Opera Emmanuel Villaume, Conductor Richard Jones, Director Kathleen Kim, Soprano: Olympia Genia Kühmeier, Soprano: Antonia Dinara Alieva, Soprano: Giulietta Kevin Conners, Tenor: Andreas/Cochenille/Pitichinaccio /Frantz John Relyea, Bass-baritone: Lindorff/Coppélius/Miracle/Dapertutto Tara Erraught, Mezzo-soprano: The Muse Giuseppe Filianoti, Tenor: Hoffmann |
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| National Theatre, Munich, Munich, Germany Wednesday 5-Jun-13 07:00pm Les Contes d'Hoffmann The protagonist of the opera is E.T.A. Hoffmann, the prototype of the German romantic period artist: his life is an artwork, his lower depths, his doubts, his grand inspirations – his crises. And all of these are connected with: women. Hoffmann in the opera tells of three types of woman in his tales, the “lifeless doll with a heart of ice”, the “virtuoso”, ill and destined to die, as well as the “shameless courtesan”.
Jacques Offenbach’s opera fantastique, premièred in 1881, is based on the play of the same name by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré, who drew from the biographies and works of E.T.A. Hoffmann, Adelbert von Chamisso and Alfred de Musset to create their own artist’s drama. It is not a literature opera – the protagonists from different romantic tales are connected to one another by a fictitious Hoffmann – but rather more of a message to the writer, telling him to make art his matter of the heart, or perhaps even open up his heart with brutal frankness.
Co-production with the English National Opera, London.
In French with German surtitles.Image credit: Wilfried Hösl Emmanuel Villaume, Conductor Richard Jones, Director Kathleen Kim, Soprano: Olympia Genia Kühmeier, Soprano: Antonia Dinara Alieva, Soprano: Giulietta Kevin Conners, Tenor: Andreas/Cochenille/Pitichinaccio /Frantz John Relyea, Bass-baritone: Lindorff/Coppélius/Miracle/Dapertutto Tara Erraught, Mezzo-soprano: The Muse Giuseppe Filianoti, Tenor: Hoffmann | ||
| Thursday 6-Jun-13 07:00pm |
National Theatre, Munich Simon Boccanegra |
Bavarian State Opera Bertrand de Billy, Conductor Dmitri Tcherniakov, Director Željko Lučić, Baritone: Simon Boccanegra Krassimira Stoyanova, Soprano: Maria Boccanegra (Amelia Grimaldi) Vitalij Kowaljow, Bass: Jacopo Fiesco Ramón Vargas, Tenor: Gabriele Adorno Levente Molnár, Baritone: Paolo Albiani |
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| National Theatre, Munich, Munich, Germany Thursday 6-Jun-13 07:00pm In Italian with German surtitles.Bertrand de Billy, Conductor Dmitri Tcherniakov, Director Željko Lučić, Baritone: Simon Boccanegra Krassimira Stoyanova, Soprano: Maria Boccanegra (Amelia Grimaldi) Vitalij Kowaljow, Bass: Jacopo Fiesco Ramón Vargas, Tenor: Gabriele Adorno Levente Molnár, Baritone: Paolo Albiani | ||
| Saturday 8-Jun-13 10:00pm |
Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich Composer Portrait: Brett Dean |
Works by Dean |
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| Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, Barer Strße 40, 80333 Munich, Germany Saturday 8-Jun-13 10:00pm Composer Portrait: Brett Dean Works by Dean, Brett (b. 1961) | ||
| Sunday 9-Jun-13 06:00pm |
National Theatre, Munich Simon Boccanegra |
Bavarian State Opera Bertrand de Billy, Conductor Dmitri Tcherniakov, Director Željko Lučić, Baritone: Simon Boccanegra Krassimira Stoyanova, Soprano: Maria Boccanegra (Amelia Grimaldi) Vitalij Kowaljow, Bass: Jacopo Fiesco Ramón Vargas, Tenor: Gabriele Adorno Levente Molnár, Baritone: Paolo Albiani |
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| National Theatre, Munich, Munich, Germany Sunday 9-Jun-13 06:00pm In Italian with German surtitles.Bertrand de Billy, Conductor Dmitri Tcherniakov, Director Željko Lučić, Baritone: Simon Boccanegra Krassimira Stoyanova, Soprano: Maria Boccanegra (Amelia Grimaldi) Vitalij Kowaljow, Bass: Jacopo Fiesco Ramón Vargas, Tenor: Gabriele Adorno Levente Molnár, Baritone: Paolo Albiani | ||
| Wednesday 12-Jun-13 07:00pm |
National Theatre, Munich Simon Boccanegra |
Bavarian State Opera Bertrand de Billy, Conductor Dmitri Tcherniakov, Director Željko Lučić, Baritone: Simon Boccanegra Krassimira Stoyanova, Soprano: Maria Boccanegra (Amelia Grimaldi) Vitalij Kowaljow, Bass: Jacopo Fiesco Ramón Vargas, Tenor: Gabriele Adorno Levente Molnár, Baritone: Paolo Albiani |
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| National Theatre, Munich, Munich, Germany Wednesday 12-Jun-13 07:00pm In Italian with German surtitles.Bertrand de Billy, Conductor Dmitri Tcherniakov, Director Željko Lučić, Baritone: Simon Boccanegra Krassimira Stoyanova, Soprano: Maria Boccanegra (Amelia Grimaldi) Vitalij Kowaljow, Bass: Jacopo Fiesco Ramón Vargas, Tenor: Gabriele Adorno Levente Molnár, Baritone: Paolo Albiani | ||
| Friday 14-Jun-13 07:00pm |
National Theatre, Munich Illusions - like Swan Lake |
Bavarian State Ballet |
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| National Theatre, Munich, Munich, Germany Friday 14-Jun-13 07:00pm Illusions - like Swan Lake Music by Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich (1840-1893) Choreography by John Neumeier …Silence. An empty room in a gloomy castle. Scattered throughout the room, concealed sculptures fill the empty space. Shown in by reverent guards, a man stares into nowhere. The gate slams shut behind him. Gradually, the king begins to grasp – imprisoned and deprived of power – his situation, his surroundings. In an introverted gesture, he places his hand on his heart… the music meets his lament with the first notes of Swan Lake...
The premiere of llusions – Like Swan Lake was a celebrated success of the Ballet Festival Week of 2011. Finally, John Neumeier’s ballet about the fairy tale king had been brought to its original setting.
Illusions is a Royal thriller with traditional folklore dancing, complete with a good dose of local Bavarian color. The ever-present reference to one of the greatest works in ballet history becomes most apparent in the second act, where Lew Iwanow’s original choreography is integrated: “The reconstruction of a golden hour of St. Petersburg ballet history, elaborate stage design magic supported by the captivating musical score. Most of all, it is a ballet drama that touches us right at the core because of its soulful, vivid characters, instead of showcasing lifeless swans and princes.”Image credit: Charles Tandy | ||
| Saturday 15-Jun-13 07:00pm |
National Theatre, Munich Simon Boccanegra |
Bavarian State Opera Bertrand de Billy, Conductor Dmitri Tcherniakov, Director Željko Lučić, Baritone: Simon Boccanegra Krassimira Stoyanova, Soprano: Maria Boccanegra (Amelia Grimaldi) Vitalij Kowaljow, Bass: Jacopo Fiesco Ramón Vargas, Tenor: Gabriele Adorno Levente Molnár, Baritone: Paolo Albiani |
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| National Theatre, Munich, Munich, Germany Saturday 15-Jun-13 07:00pm In Italian with German surtitles.Bertrand de Billy, Conductor Dmitri Tcherniakov, Director Željko Lučić, Baritone: Simon Boccanegra Krassimira Stoyanova, Soprano: Maria Boccanegra (Amelia Grimaldi) Vitalij Kowaljow, Bass: Jacopo Fiesco Ramón Vargas, Tenor: Gabriele Adorno Levente Molnár, Baritone: Paolo Albiani | ||
| Sunday 16-Jun-13 03:00pm |
National Theatre, Munich Illusions - like Swan Lake |
Bavarian State Ballet |
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| National Theatre, Munich, Munich, Germany Sunday 16-Jun-13 03:00pm Illusions - like Swan Lake Music by Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich (1840-1893) Choreography by John Neumeier …Silence. An empty room in a gloomy castle. Scattered throughout the room, concealed sculptures fill the empty space. Shown in by reverent guards, a man stares into nowhere. The gate slams shut behind him. Gradually, the king begins to grasp – imprisoned and deprived of power – his situation, his surroundings. In an introverted gesture, he places his hand on his heart… the music meets his lament with the first notes of Swan Lake...
The premiere of llusions – Like Swan Lake was a celebrated success of the Ballet Festival Week of 2011. Finally, John Neumeier’s ballet about the fairy tale king had been brought to its original setting.
Illusions is a Royal thriller with traditional folklore dancing, complete with a good dose of local Bavarian color. The ever-present reference to one of the greatest works in ballet history becomes most apparent in the second act, where Lew Iwanow’s original choreography is integrated: “The reconstruction of a golden hour of St. Petersburg ballet history, elaborate stage design magic supported by the captivating musical score. Most of all, it is a ballet drama that touches us right at the core because of its soulful, vivid characters, instead of showcasing lifeless swans and princes.”Image credit: Charles Tandy | ||
| Saturday 22-Jun-13 07:00pm |
National Theatre, Munich Illusions - like Swan Lake |
Bavarian State Ballet |
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| National Theatre, Munich, Munich, Germany Saturday 22-Jun-13 07:00pm Illusions - like Swan Lake Music by Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich (1840-1893) Choreography by John Neumeier …Silence. An empty room in a gloomy castle. Scattered throughout the room, concealed sculptures fill the empty space. Shown in by reverent guards, a man stares into nowhere. The gate slams shut behind him. Gradually, the king begins to grasp – imprisoned and deprived of power – his situation, his surroundings. In an introverted gesture, he places his hand on his heart… the music meets his lament with the first notes of Swan Lake...
The premiere of llusions – Like Swan Lake was a celebrated success of the Ballet Festival Week of 2011. Finally, John Neumeier’s ballet about the fairy tale king had been brought to its original setting.
Illusions is a Royal thriller with traditional folklore dancing, complete with a good dose of local Bavarian color. The ever-present reference to one of the greatest works in ballet history becomes most apparent in the second act, where Lew Iwanow’s original choreography is integrated: “The reconstruction of a golden hour of St. Petersburg ballet history, elaborate stage design magic supported by the captivating musical score. Most of all, it is a ballet drama that touches us right at the core because of its soulful, vivid characters, instead of showcasing lifeless swans and princes.”Image credit: Charles Tandy | ||
| Sunday 23-Jun-13 07:00pm |
National Theatre, Munich Illusions - like Swan Lake |
Bavarian State Ballet |
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| National Theatre, Munich, Munich, Germany Sunday 23-Jun-13 07:00pm Illusions - like Swan Lake Music by Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich (1840-1893) Choreography by John Neumeier …Silence. An empty room in a gloomy castle. Scattered throughout the room, concealed sculptures fill the empty space. Shown in by reverent guards, a man stares into nowhere. The gate slams shut behind him. Gradually, the king begins to grasp – imprisoned and deprived of power – his situation, his surroundings. In an introverted gesture, he places his hand on his heart… the music meets his lament with the first notes of Swan Lake...
The premiere of llusions – Like Swan Lake was a celebrated success of the Ballet Festival Week of 2011. Finally, John Neumeier’s ballet about the fairy tale king had been brought to its original setting.
Illusions is a Royal thriller with traditional folklore dancing, complete with a good dose of local Bavarian color. The ever-present reference to one of the greatest works in ballet history becomes most apparent in the second act, where Lew Iwanow’s original choreography is integrated: “The reconstruction of a golden hour of St. Petersburg ballet history, elaborate stage design magic supported by the captivating musical score. Most of all, it is a ballet drama that touches us right at the core because of its soulful, vivid characters, instead of showcasing lifeless swans and princes.”Image credit: Charles Tandy | ||
| Tuesday 25-Jun-13 07:00pm |
Prinzregententheater, Munich Biped |
Bavarian State Ballet |
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| Prinzregententheater, Munich, 81675 Munich, Germany Tuesday 25-Jun-13 07:00pm "Biped is a signature piece of Merce Cunningham’s late body of works. 42 minutes of pure dance co-exist on stage without correlation to projection and music.
„It was one of the first new musical compositions commissioned by Merce Cunningham since the death of John Cage in 1992. Like all of Merce‘s work it involved a collaboration with visual artists, in this case Paul Kaiser and Shelley Eshkar who had developed a very striking technique of video motion capture. In working on the music Merce and I agreed that we would follow the method established between himself and John Cage of working independently but towards a common goal, thereby avoiding any planned one-to-one relationship between music, dance and décor.”
(Composer Gavin Bryars about Biped)
Ballet by Richard Siegal
„…suddenly, Richard Siegal stops the rehearsal, tells what he intended to insert here and there, asks the audience for their opinion, drops all inquiries and jumps to the next scene (…) it takes a while to realize what game is being played here – but even then, a hint of uncertainty is left behind. The means of presentation are chosen intentionally: the casual tone of voice, the official tone, minute details in choreographed passages where he articulates every single muscle like a cat, stand-up comedy followed by solemn seriousness. A wide-spectrum.” – TANZ magazine wrote about Richard Siegal as choreographer and performer. His new creation is yet to be named.Image credit: Merce Cunningham © Annie Liebovitz | ||
| Wednesday 26-Jun-13 07:00pm |
Prinzregententheater, Munich Biped |
Bavarian State Ballet |
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| Prinzregententheater, Munich, 81675 Munich, Germany Wednesday 26-Jun-13 07:00pm "Biped is a signature piece of Merce Cunningham’s late body of works. 42 minutes of pure dance co-exist on stage without correlation to projection and music.
„It was one of the first new musical compositions commissioned by Merce Cunningham since the death of John Cage in 1992. Like all of Merce‘s work it involved a collaboration with visual artists, in this case Paul Kaiser and Shelley Eshkar who had developed a very striking technique of video motion capture. In working on the music Merce and I agreed that we would follow the method established between himself and John Cage of working independently but towards a common goal, thereby avoiding any planned one-to-one relationship between music, dance and décor.”
(Composer Gavin Bryars about Biped)
Ballet by Richard Siegal
„…suddenly, Richard Siegal stops the rehearsal, tells what he intended to insert here and there, asks the audience for their opinion, drops all inquiries and jumps to the next scene (…) it takes a while to realize what game is being played here – but even then, a hint of uncertainty is left behind. The means of presentation are chosen intentionally: the casual tone of voice, the official tone, minute details in choreographed passages where he articulates every single muscle like a cat, stand-up comedy followed by solemn seriousness. A wide-spectrum.” – TANZ magazine wrote about Richard Siegal as choreographer and performer. His new creation is yet to be named.Image credit: Merce Cunningham © Annie Liebovitz | ||
| Thursday 27-Jun-13 08:00pm |
Prinzregententheater, Munich subscription concert no 8 |
Works by Furrer Works by Martin |
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| Prinzregententheater, Munich, 81675 Munich, Germany Thursday 27-Jun-13 08:00pm subscription concert no 8 Works by Furrer, Beat (b. 1954) Works by Martin, Frank (1890-1974) | ||
| Friday 28-Jun-13 09:45am |
Probenhaus, Munich Ballet extra: A day of rehearsal with the Bavarian Stat Ballet |
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| Probenhaus, Munich, Platzl 7, 80331 Munich, Germany Friday 28-Jun-13 09:45am Ballet extra: A day of rehearsal with the Bavarian Stat Ballet Tickets €9 | ||
| Friday 28-Jun-13 07:00pm |
National Theatre, Munich Der fliegende Holländer Munich Opera Festival |
Bavarian State Opera Asher Fisch, Conductor Peter Konwitschny, Director Rafal Siwek, Bass: Daland Anja Kampe, Soprano: Senta Klaus Florian Vogt, Tenor: Erik Heike Grötzinger, Mezzo-soprano: Mary Kevin Conners, Tenor: The Steersman Johan Reuter, Baritone: Dutchman |
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| National Theatre, Munich, Munich, Germany Friday 28-Jun-13 07:00pm Every seven years the Dutchman is allowed back on land. There this tepest-tossed creature can only be redeemed by a woman, Otherwise his endless odyssey continues. Will Senta be that woman? After all, she longs to break free from the confining world of her father. All he ever thinks about is money. Isn't the wealthy Dutchman just what the doctor ordered? Wagner's gripping early work: a psycho-thriller of operatic literature. Peter Konwitschny has already provoked audiences to delight and disgust with his spectacular Parsifal and Tristan und Isolde productions. This Munich Holländer is something you just "have" to see. A sea and see journey on the waves of the orchestra.
In German with German surtitles.Image credit: Wilfried Hösl Asher Fisch, Conductor Peter Konwitschny, Director Rafal Siwek, Bass: Daland Anja Kampe, Soprano: Senta Klaus Florian Vogt, Tenor: Erik Heike Grötzinger, Mezzo-soprano: Mary Kevin Conners, Tenor: The Steersman Johan Reuter, Baritone: Dutchman | ||
| Friday 28-Jun-13 07:00pm |
Prinzregententheater, Munich Biped |
Bavarian State Ballet |
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| Prinzregententheater, Munich, 81675 Munich, Germany Friday 28-Jun-13 07:00pm "Biped is a signature piece of Merce Cunningham’s late body of works. 42 minutes of pure dance co-exist on stage without correlation to projection and music.
„It was one of the first new musical compositions commissioned by Merce Cunningham since the death of John Cage in 1992. Like all of Merce‘s work it involved a collaboration with visual artists, in this case Paul Kaiser and Shelley Eshkar who had developed a very striking technique of video motion capture. In working on the music Merce and I agreed that we would follow the method established between himself and John Cage of working independently but towards a common goal, thereby avoiding any planned one-to-one relationship between music, dance and décor.”
(Composer Gavin Bryars about Biped)
Ballet by Richard Siegal
„…suddenly, Richard Siegal stops the rehearsal, tells what he intended to insert here and there, asks the audience for their opinion, drops all inquiries and jumps to the next scene (…) it takes a while to realize what game is being played here – but even then, a hint of uncertainty is left behind. The means of presentation are chosen intentionally: the casual tone of voice, the official tone, minute details in choreographed passages where he articulates every single muscle like a cat, stand-up comedy followed by solemn seriousness. A wide-spectrum.” – TANZ magazine wrote about Richard Siegal as choreographer and performer. His new creation is yet to be named.Image credit: Merce Cunningham © Annie Liebovitz | ||
| Saturday 29-Jun-13 06:00pm |
National Theatre, Munich Tannhäuser Munich Opera Festival |
Bavarian State Opera Kent Nagano, Conductor David Alden, Director Christof Fischesser, Bass: Landgraf Hermann Robert Dean Smith, Tenor: Tannhäuser Matthias Goerne, Baritone: Wolfram von Eschenbach Ulrich Ress, Tenor: Walther von der Vogelweide Goran Juric, Bass: Biterolf Kenneth Roberson, Tenor: Heinrich der Schreiber Christoph Stephinger, Bass: Reinmar von Zweter Anne Schwanewilms, Soprano: Elisabeth Waltraud Meier, Mezzo-soprano: Venus |
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| National Theatre, Munich, Munich, Germany Saturday 29-Jun-13 06:00pm What does a man want? Love or lust? Answer: both! Tannhäuser has feasted on lust in the realm of Venus. But his excesses are anything but compatible with the strait-laced morality of the society in which he competes in song for Elisabeth's love. That precipitates an uproar …Tannhäuser: artist, outcast – the destiny of an outsider set against the intoxicating power of music at its highest erotic level. A Wagnerian banquet.In German.Image credit: Wilfried Hösl Kent Nagano, Conductor David Alden, Director Christof Fischesser, Bass: Landgraf Hermann Robert Dean Smith, Tenor: Tannhäuser Matthias Goerne, Baritone: Wolfram von Eschenbach Ulrich Ress, Tenor: Walther von der Vogelweide Goran Juric, Bass: Biterolf Kenneth Roberson, Tenor: Heinrich der Schreiber Christoph Stephinger, Bass: Reinmar von Zweter Anne Schwanewilms, Soprano: Elisabeth Waltraud Meier, Mezzo-soprano: Venus | ||
| Tuesday 2-Jul-13 07:30pm |
National Theatre, Munich Forever Young |
Bavarian State Ballet |
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| National Theatre, Munich, Munich, Germany Tuesday 2-Jul-13 07:30pm Forever Young Forever Young – the title of a mixed-bill program featuring José Limón’s The Moor‘s Pavane and Choreartium by Léonide Massine, with a hint of irony, reflects on a central theme of dance research which recently has been strongly endorsed by the National Culture Foundation: What is dance heritage and how do we pass it on? How do we handle the responsibility of keeping alive the legacies created by past choreographers? When the quality of the work itself transcends all of its contemporary ties and cross-references, it carries over seamlessly to the next generation: it is indeed Forever young… A certain part of this legacy arguably is to be kept in archives – the rest needs to stay alive through performance.
The Bavarian State Ballet responds to the call for innovation in dance during the season by dedicating it to the classic modernity as well as challenging its audience’s perceptions with original contemporary works. With his masterpiece Choreartium, originating from the tradition of the Ballets Russes, choreographer Léonide Massine laid the groundwork for future artists by visualizing music through dance. Thereby, he created unsentimental works that, apart from their metaphysical content, stand for pure aesthetic 'material' which will be accessible to many generations to come. José Limón’s ballet The Moor‘s Pavane, a take on Shakespeare’s drama between Otello and Desdemona, focuses on the human inability to love, trust and his lack of compassion and empathy. To this day, the ballet by Mexican-American choreographer José Limón from 1949 is considered one of the key-repertory pieces of American Modern dance.Image credit: José Limón | ||
| Wednesday 3-Jul-13 06:00pm |
National Theatre, Munich Lohengrin Munich Opera Festival |
Bavarian State Opera Lothar Koenigs, Conductor Richard Jones, Director Hans-Peter König, Bass: Heinrich der Vogler Klaus Florian Vogt, Tenor: Lohengrin Annette Dasch, Soprano: Elsa von Brabant Yevgeny Nikitin, Bass-baritone: Friedrich von Telramund Michaela Schuster, Mezzo-soprano: Ortrud Markus Eiche, Baritone: The King's Herald |
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| National Theatre, Munich, Munich, Germany Wednesday 3-Jul-13 06:00pm The Duchy of Brabant in the throes of a dynastic conflict: the succession seems put into question following the disappearance of the crown prince. And: his sister is accused of the crime. The whole realm faces the threat of a civil war. There is great longing for the appearance of a shining knight to rescue the damsel in distress. And then, in this time of uncertainty, a hero really does appear – as if from another world: but who is this grand knight of the swan who presents himself as the rescuer of Else and all of Brabant? What is the nature of the ties that bind him to Eva, so unjustly accused of fratricide? In a time of great revolutionary upheaval in the middle of the 19th century, Wagner wrote his “Lohengrin”, in which for the first time the orchestra emerges as a mysterious factor as well as the engine driving the action of the entire drama.
In German with German surtitles.Image credit: Wilfried Hösl Lothar Koenigs, Conductor Richard Jones, Director Hans-Peter König, Bass: Heinrich der Vogler Klaus Florian Vogt, Tenor: Lohengrin Annette Dasch, Soprano: Elsa von Brabant Yevgeny Nikitin, Bass-baritone: Friedrich von Telramund Michaela Schuster, Mezzo-soprano: Ortrud Markus Eiche, Baritone: The King's Herald | ||
| Thursday 4-Jul-13 07:30pm |
National Theatre, Munich Ariadne auf Naxos Munich Opera Festival |
Bavarian State Opera Bertrand de Billy, Conductor Marco Santi, Choreography Robert Carsen, Director Johannes Klama, Spoken word: The Major-Domo Eike Wilm Schulte, Baritone: Music Master Burkhard Fritz, Tenor: Bacchus Eva-Maria Westbroek, Soprano: Primadonna (Ariadne) Sophie Koch, Mezzo-soprano: Composer Jane Archibald, Soprano: Zerbinetta Markus Eiche, Baritone: Harlequin Ulrich Ress, Tenor: Scaramuccio Tareq Nazmi, Bass: Truffaldino Thomas Blondelle, Tenor: Dancing Master Kevin Conners, Tenor: Brighella |
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| National Theatre, Munich, Munich, Germany Thursday 4-Jul-13 07:30pm Is it possible to perform the comic intermezzo “Zerbinetta and her Lovers” and the tragic opera “Ariadne” at the same time? Yes, when you have to. The richest man in Vienna wants it that way. He wants cross-over! Let’s mix up classic and pop – and it works. To the delight of the audience and the recognition of the characters on stage.
One of the handsomest and wisest works of the great Munich composer, Richard Strauss, in a production by Robert Carsen. The joy of Strauss!
Sung in German with German surtitlesImage credit: Wilfried Hösl Bertrand de Billy, Conductor Marco Santi, Choreography Robert Carsen, Director Johannes Klama, Spoken word: The Major-Domo Eike Wilm Schulte, Baritone: Music Master Burkhard Fritz, Tenor: Bacchus Eva-Maria Westbroek, Soprano: Primadonna (Ariadne) Sophie Koch, Mezzo-soprano: Composer Jane Archibald, Soprano: Zerbinetta Markus Eiche, Baritone: Harlequin Ulrich Ress, Tenor: Scaramuccio Tareq Nazmi, Bass: Truffaldino Thomas Blondelle, Tenor: Dancing Master Kevin Conners, Tenor: Brighella | ||
| Saturday 6-Jul-13 07:00pm |
National Theatre, Munich Falstaff Munich Opera Festival |
Bavarian State Opera Paolo Carignani, Conductor Eike Gramss, Director Nico Trees, Revival Director Ambrogio Maestri, Baritone: Sir John Falstaff Levente Molnár, Baritone: Ford Javier Camarena, Tenor: Fenton Ulrich Ress, Tenor: Dr Caius Kenneth Roberson, Tenor: Bardolph Diogenes Randes, Bass: Pistol Véronique Gens, Soprano: Alice Ford Adriana Kučerová, Soprano: Nannetta Ewa Podleś, Contralto: Mistress Quickly Angela Brower, Mezzo-soprano: Meg Page |
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| National Theatre, Munich, Munich, Germany Saturday 6-Jul-13 07:00pm Verdi's final opera – a grandiose comedy: the roly-poly roué Sir John writes the same love letter to two different women. Logically, this leads to plenty of turbulence on the stage. This jolly work of Verdi's old age reaches its high point in the recognition: "Everything on earth is a joke!" Ambrogio Maestri as Falstaff! A subtle production. Oh, Verdi lover, what more could you ask?
In Italian with German surtitles.Paolo Carignani, Conductor Eike Gramss, Director Nico Trees, Revival Director Ambrogio Maestri, Baritone: Sir John Falstaff Levente Molnár, Baritone: Ford Javier Camarena, Tenor: Fenton Ulrich Ress, Tenor: Dr Caius Kenneth Roberson, Tenor: Bardolph Diogenes Randes, Bass: Pistol Véronique Gens, Soprano: Alice Ford Adriana Kučerová, Soprano: Nannetta Ewa Podleś, Contralto: Mistress Quickly Angela Brower, Mezzo-soprano: Meg Page | ||
| Sunday 7-Jul-13 07:30pm |
National Theatre, Munich Heroes - Première |
Bavarian State Ballet |
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| National Theatre, Munich, Munich, Germany Sunday 7-Jul-13 07:30pm Heroes - Première "To become a hero, one must be different. The deeds of a hero shall bring him glory, they can be of physical or intellectual nature: Courage, a willingness to make sacrifices and to stand up for ideals and fellow human beings. Heroes are the counterpart of villains and cowards – or so they should be.”
With Once Upon An Ever After stage designer rosalie and choreographer Terence Kohler have produced a celebrated blockbuster of dance as the centerpiece of the 100 years of Ballets Russes bill. For Heroes the two artists will once again collaborate to create the premiere of the Ballet Festival Week 2013 on the Bavarian State Ballet. Terence Kohler chose musical scores by Alfred Schnittke for his piece. In addition he is working with composer Lera Auerbach. New production.Image credit: Once Upon an Ever After © Wilfried Hösl | ||
| Sunday 7-Jul-13 07:30pm |
Prinzregententheater, Munich Ariadne auf Naxos Munich Opera Festival |
Bavarian State Opera Bertrand de Billy, Conductor Marco Santi, Choreography Robert Carsen, Director Johannes Klama, Spoken word: The Major-Domo Eike Wilm Schulte, Baritone: Music Master Burkhard Fritz, Tenor: Bacchus Eva-Maria Westbroek, Soprano: Primadonna (Ariadne) Sophie Koch, Mezzo-soprano: Composer Jane Archibald, Soprano: Zerbinetta Markus Eiche, Baritone: Harlequin Ulrich Ress, Tenor: Scaramuccio Tareq Nazmi, Bass: Truffaldino Thomas Blondelle, Tenor: Dancing Master Kevin Conners, Tenor: Brighella |
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| Prinzregententheater, Munich, 81675 Munich, Germany Sunday 7-Jul-13 07:30pm Is it possible to perform the comic intermezzo “Zerbinetta and her Lovers” and the tragic opera “Ariadne” at the same time? Yes, when you have to. The richest man in Vienna wants it that way. He wants cross-over! Let’s mix up classic and pop – and it works. To the delight of the audience and the recognition of the characters on stage.
One of the handsomest and wisest works of the great Munich composer, Richard Strauss, in a production by Robert Carsen. The joy of Strauss!
Sung in German with German surtitlesImage credit: Wilfried Hösl Bertrand de Billy, Conductor Marco Santi, Choreography Robert Carsen, Director Johannes Klama, Spoken word: The Major-Domo Eike Wilm Schulte, Baritone: Music Master Burkhard Fritz, Tenor: Bacchus Eva-Maria Westbroek, Soprano: Primadonna (Ariadne) Sophie Koch, Mezzo-soprano: Composer Jane Archibald, Soprano: Zerbinetta Markus Eiche, Baritone: Harlequin Ulrich Ress, Tenor: Scaramuccio Tareq Nazmi, Bass: Truffaldino Thomas Blondelle, Tenor: Dancing Master Kevin Conners, Tenor: Brighella | ||
| Monday 8-Jul-13 07:00pm |
National Theatre, Munich Il trovatore Munich Opera Festival |
Paolo Carignani, Conductor Olivier Py, Director Alexei Markov, Baritone: The Count Di Luna Anja Harteros, Soprano: Leonora Elena Manistina, Mezzo-soprano: Azucena Jonas Kaufmann, Tenor: Manrico Kwangchul Youn, Bass: Ferrando Golda Schultz, Soprano: Ines |
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| National Theatre, Munich, Munich, Germany Monday 8-Jul-13 07:00pm "If you travel to India and to Central Africa, you'll hear Trovatore.“ Nine years after the triumphant first performance, Verdi's opera had achieved the worldwide popularity that moved the composer to make this comment. The fabric of the opera could hardly be more gloomy: a gypsy who wishes to avenge the death of her mother at the stake, a count who wishes to use the execution of this gypsy to strike at his rival; a horrifying truth that is revealed at the moment of death. All the ingredients of Verdi's dramatic abundance appear here: mysterious sound worlds, harsh contrasts, vocal brilliance, opulent tableaux. The cohesive narrative style gives way to the variation of suggestive musical images with which Verdi served "the most important part of the drama“: revenge.In Italian with German surtitles.Paolo Carignani, Conductor Olivier Py, Director Alexei Markov, Baritone: The Count Di Luna Anja Harteros, Soprano: Leonora Elena Manistina, Mezzo-soprano: Azucena Jonas Kaufmann, Tenor: Manrico Kwangchul Youn, Bass: Ferrando Golda Schultz, Soprano: Ines | ||
| Tuesday 9-Jul-13 07:00pm |
National Theatre, Munich La Traviata Munich Opera Festival |
Bavarian State Opera Dan Ettinger, Conductor Günter Krämer, Director Marina Rebeka, Soprano: Violetta Valéry Heike Grötzinger, Mezzo-soprano: Flora Bervoix Piotr Beczala, Tenor: Alfredo Germont Simon Keenlyside, Baritone: Giorgio Germont |
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| National Theatre, Munich, Munich, Germany Tuesday 9-Jul-13 07:00pm Men don't fall in love with courtesans! That's the opinion of Alfredo's father after his son moves in with the mortally ill Violetta Valéry. In her love for Alfredo Violetta even agrees. She leaves him, dies poor, ill – still dreaming of the happiness of true love. One of Verdi's most beloved operas continues to hold the mirror up to society and its hypocritical morality. An exemplary production! See it!
In Italian with German surtitles.Image credit: Wilfried Hösl Dan Ettinger, Conductor Günter Krämer, Director Marina Rebeka, Soprano: Violetta Valéry Heike Grötzinger, Mezzo-soprano: Flora Bervoix Piotr Beczala, Tenor: Alfredo Germont Simon Keenlyside, Baritone: Giorgio Germont | ||
| Wednesday 10-Jul-13 07:30pm |
National Theatre, Munich Ariadne auf Naxos Munich Opera Festival |
Bavarian State Opera Bertrand de Billy, Conductor Marco Santi, Choreography Robert Carsen, Director Johannes Klama, Spoken word: The Major-Domo Eike Wilm Schulte, Baritone: Music Master Burkhard Fritz, Tenor: Bacchus Eva-Maria Westbroek, Soprano: Primadonna (Ariadne) Sophie Koch, Mezzo-soprano: Composer Jane Archibald, Soprano: Zerbinetta Markus Eiche, Baritone: Harlequin Ulrich Ress, Tenor: Scaramuccio Tareq Nazmi, Bass: Truffaldino Thomas Blondelle, Tenor: Dancing Master Kevin Conners, Tenor: Brighella |
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| National Theatre, Munich, Munich, Germany Wednesday 10-Jul-13 07:30pm Is it possible to perform the comic intermezzo “Zerbinetta and her Lovers” and the tragic opera “Ariadne” at the same time? Yes, when you have to. The richest man in Vienna wants it that way. He wants cross-over! Let’s mix up classic and pop – and it works. To the delight of the audience and the recognition of the characters on stage.
One of the handsomest and wisest works of the great Munich composer, Richard Strauss, in a production by Robert Carsen. The joy of Strauss!
Sung in German with German surtitlesImage credit: Wilfried Hösl Bertrand de Billy, Conductor Marco Santi, Choreography Robert Carsen, Director Johannes Klama, Spoken word: The Major-Domo Eike Wilm Schulte, Baritone: Music Master Burkhard Fritz, Tenor: Bacchus Eva-Maria Westbroek, Soprano: Primadonna (Ariadne) Sophie Koch, Mezzo-soprano: Composer Jane Archibald, Soprano: Zerbinetta Markus Eiche, Baritone: Harlequin Ulrich Ress, Tenor: Scaramuccio Tareq Nazmi, Bass: Truffaldino Thomas Blondelle, Tenor: Dancing Master Kevin Conners, Tenor: Brighella | ||
| Thursday 11-Jul-13 04:00pm |
National Theatre, Munich Tristan und Isolde Munich Opera Festival |
Bavarian State Opera Kent Nagano, Conductor Peter Konwitschny, Director Gary Lehman, Tenor: Tristan René Pape, Bass: King Marke Petra Maria Schnitzer, Soprano: Isolde Markus Eiche, Baritone: Kurwenal Francesco Petrozzi, Tenor: Melot Edita Gruberová, Mezzo-soprano: Brangäne |
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| National Theatre, Munich, Munich, Germany Thursday 11-Jul-13 04:00pm Tristan und Isolde The most beautiful of all Wagner operas. Musical high erotic flair: two people, who still have a score to settle with one another, drink a love potion instead of poison. They are caught in flagrante, following which there is longing to the point of love-death. Careful: there's an addiction hazard here even for non-Wagnerians. "Drown – sink down!" Tristan in Munich's National Theatre, the site of its world première. The grand musical experience.
In German.Kent Nagano, Conductor Peter Konwitschny, Director Gary Lehman, Tenor: Tristan René Pape, Bass: King Marke Petra Maria Schnitzer, Soprano: Isolde Markus Eiche, Baritone: Kurwenal Francesco Petrozzi, Tenor: Melot Edita Gruberová, Mezzo-soprano: Brangäne | ||
| Friday 12-Jul-13 07:00pm |
National Theatre, Munich Simon Boccanegra Munich Opera Festival |
Bavarian State Opera Bertrand de Billy, Conductor Dmitri Tcherniakov, Director Željko Lučić, Baritone: Simon Boccanegra Krassimira Stoyanova, Soprano: Maria Boccanegra (Amelia Grimaldi) Vitalij Kowaljow, Bass: Jacopo Fiesco Ramón Vargas, Tenor: Gabriele Adorno Levente Molnár, Baritone: Paolo Albiani |
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| National Theatre, Munich, Munich, Germany Friday 12-Jul-13 07:00pm In Italian with German surtitles.Bertrand de Billy, Conductor Dmitri Tcherniakov, Director Željko Lučić, Baritone: Simon Boccanegra Krassimira Stoyanova, Soprano: Maria Boccanegra (Amelia Grimaldi) Vitalij Kowaljow, Bass: Jacopo Fiesco Ramón Vargas, Tenor: Gabriele Adorno Levente Molnár, Baritone: Paolo Albiani | ||
| Friday 12-Jul-13 07:30pm |
Prinzregententheater, Munich La fille mal gardée - revival Munich Opera Festival |
Bavarian State Ballet |
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| Prinzregententheater, Munich, 81675 Munich, Germany Friday 12-Jul-13 07:30pm La fille mal gardée - revival Who, if not an Englishman, and what Englishman, if not Sir Frederick Ashton, could look back at the times of the first narrative ballet that has been passed down to us with such a “very British” perception – so naïve and yet so sophisticated, so charming and yet so technically virtuosic? Needless to say, love triumphs across the board at the end – the badly guarded daughter gets her beloved Alain – neither her mother, the widow Simone, nor the rich farmer with his dolt of a son can prevent it. And the widow surprisingly gets a man as well. | ||
| Saturday 13-Jul-13 07:30pm |
Prinzregententheater, Munich La fille mal gardée - revival Munich Opera Festival |
Bavarian State Ballet |
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| Prinzregententheater, Munich, 81675 Munich, Germany Saturday 13-Jul-13 07:30pm La fille mal gardée - revival Who, if not an Englishman, and what Englishman, if not Sir Frederick Ashton, could look back at the times of the first narrative ballet that has been passed down to us with such a “very British” perception – so naïve and yet so sophisticated, so charming and yet so technically virtuosic? Needless to say, love triumphs across the board at the end – the badly guarded daughter gets her beloved Alain – neither her mother, the widow Simone, nor the rich farmer with his dolt of a son can prevent it. And the widow surprisingly gets a man as well. | ||
| Saturday 13-Jul-13 08:00pm |
National Theatre, Munich Das Rheingold Munich Opera Festival |
Bavarian State Opera Kent Nagano, Conductor Andreas Kriegenburg, Director Johan Reuter, Bass-baritone: Wotan Levente Molnár, Baritone: Donner Sergei Skorokhodov, Tenor: Froh Štefan Margita, Tenor: Loge Tomasz Konieczny, Bass: Alberich Ulrich Ress, Tenor: Mime Diogenes Randes, Bass: Fasolt Steven Humes, Bass: Fafner Aga Mikolaj, Soprano: Freia Sophie Koch, Mezzo-soprano: Fricka Catherine Wyn-Rogers, Mezzo-soprano: Erda Eri Nakamura, Soprano: Woglinde Angela Brower, Mezzo-soprano: Wellgunde Okka von der Damerau, Mezzo-soprano: Flosshilde |
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| National Theatre, Munich, Munich, Germany Saturday 13-Jul-13 08:00pm Eve of "Der Ring des Nibelungen"
The unsullied enchantment of E-flat major harmonies in the initial bars of Das Rheingold doesn’t last very long. Instead, a world comes into being; a world that fifteen hours of music later will be unable to stave off its own downfall. In this world, nature is violated, and laws are ignored. Greed, power and malediction are the order of the day. Alberich steals the gold from the Rhine Maidens, enslaves his workers and revels in the sweet smell of world domination. Wotan claims it for himself and joins forces with Loge to make off with the ring, the gold and the magic helmet. His construction project is envisioned as the foundation of existence for his family of gods – his wife objects. He must part with the accursed ring as payment to the two giants. Seething with envy, one giant murders the other. The glow of the gods’ castle first gleams after the tempest, but Loge sees the castle already headed for ruin. The threads of the tale get tangled in this eve of the tetralogy, the water loses its sheen, and the clouds are shrouded in darkness.
New production.
In German with German surtitlesKent Nagano, Conductor Andreas Kriegenburg, Director Johan Reuter, Bass-baritone: Wotan Levente Molnár, Baritone: Donner Sergei Skorokhodov, Tenor: Froh Štefan Margita, Tenor: Loge Tomasz Konieczny, Bass: Alberich Ulrich Ress, Tenor: Mime Diogenes Randes, Bass: Fasolt Steven Humes, Bass: Fafner Aga Mikolaj, Soprano: Freia Sophie Koch, Mezzo-soprano: Fricka Catherine Wyn-Rogers, Mezzo-soprano: Erda Eri Nakamura, Soprano: Woglinde Angela Brower, Mezzo-soprano: Wellgunde Okka von der Damerau, Mezzo-soprano: Flosshilde | ||
| Sunday 14-Jul-13 03:00pm |
Prinzregententheater, Munich La fille mal gardée - revival Munich Opera Festival |
Bavarian State Ballet |
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| Prinzregententheater, Munich, 81675 Munich, Germany Sunday 14-Jul-13 03:00pm La fille mal gardée - revival Who, if not an Englishman, and what Englishman, if not Sir Frederick Ashton, could look back at the times of the first narrative ballet that has been passed down to us with such a “very British” perception – so naïve and yet so sophisticated, so charming and yet so technically virtuosic? Needless to say, love triumphs across the board at the end – the badly guarded daughter gets her beloved Alain – neither her mother, the widow Simone, nor the rich farmer with his dolt of a son can prevent it. And the widow surprisingly gets a man as well. | ||
| Sunday 14-Jul-13 05:00pm |
National Theatre, Munich Die Walküre Munich Opera Festival |
Bavarian State Opera Kent Nagano, Conductor Andreas Kriegenburg, Director Simon O'Neill, Tenor: Siegmund Hans-Peter König, Bass: Hunding Bryn Terfel, Baritone: Wotan Petra Lang, Mezzo-soprano: Sieglinde Sophie Koch, Mezzo-soprano: Fricka Erika Wueschner, Soprano: Helmwige Roswitha C Müller, Mezzo-soprano: Siegrune Okka von der Damerau, Mezzo-soprano: Grimgerde Katarina Dalayman, Soprano: Brünnhilde Heike Grötzinger, Mezzo-soprano: Waltraute |
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| National Theatre, Munich, Munich, Germany Sunday 14-Jul-13 05:00pm First Day of "Der Ring des Nibelungen"
The clash of the clans nourishes the battlefield. The Valkyries, the children of the god, are just instruments of the father to gather together an army of the dead for him.
Wotan’s progeny are to secure his power: the twins, Siegmund and Sieglinde, seem born to this task. The brother lands at the home of his enemy – finds his sister there after a separation of many years and wins her heart. All of this runs according to plan, and yet the two siblings have violated the laws. The father must sacrifice his son. Brünnhilde, his favorite daughter, defies her father for the first time and protects the incestuous couple – in vain.
On the first day of Der Ring des Nibelungen, in Die Walküre, first performed in 1870 in Munich, the father-god’s plans to undo the entanglements come to naught. At the end, his children are either murdered or punished and exiled. All Wotan can do is wait for the hero of the next generation – Sieglinde now carries him in her womb, the seed of her brother, somewhere on her flight through the forest.
New production.
In German with German surtitlesKent Nagano, Conductor Andreas Kriegenburg, Director Simon O'Neill, Tenor: Siegmund Hans-Peter König, Bass: Hunding Bryn Terfel, Baritone: Wotan Petra Lang, Mezzo-soprano: Sieglinde Sophie Koch, Mezzo-soprano: Fricka Erika Wueschner, Soprano: Helmwige Roswitha C Müller, Mezzo-soprano: Siegrune Okka von der Damerau, Mezzo-soprano: Grimgerde Katarina Dalayman, Soprano: Brünnhilde Heike Grötzinger, Mezzo-soprano: Waltraute | ||
| Monday 15-Jul-13 04:00pm |
National Theatre, Munich Siegfried Munich Opera Festival |
Bavarian State Opera Kent Nagano, Conductor Andreas Kriegenburg, Director Stephen Gould, Tenor: Siegfried Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke, Tenor: Mime Juha Uusitalo, Bass-baritone: Wanderer Phillip Ens, Bass: Fafner Qiu Lin Zhang, Contralto: Erda Catherine Naglestad, Soprano: Brünnhilde Anna Virovlansky, Soprano: Waldvogel (the woodbird) |
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| National Theatre, Munich, Munich, Germany Monday 15-Jul-13 04:00pm Second Day of "Der Ring des Nibelungen"
Only an individual without fear can turn Mime’s dream into reality, forge the shattered sword anew, slay Fafner the dragon, snatch the ring away from him and walk straight into Mime’s knife – and all the power will be Mime’s. But he himself is too frightened of the Wanderer, in whose puzzle game he loses his head, of the dragon, whom he wants his foster son to slay, of his brother, whom he meets in the forest, and of the fearless Siegfried, who thanks to a message from a prophetic bird helps himself to the ring and slaughters Mime.
But Wotan’s plan for a free hero also comes to naught: Siegfried smashes his spear with the sword and stands fearlessly before Brünnhilde. The sight of her body sets him atremble, and he finally learns the true meaning of fear. In the glow of the sun, the two discover their love.
Mountain cave. Forest. Wilderness. Mountain peak. The second day of the work belongs to nature. But the guise of the harmless, nature-loving Wanderer fails to protect the father of the gods from his curse.
New production.
In German with German surtitlesKent Nagano, Conductor Andreas Kriegenburg, Director Stephen Gould, Tenor: Siegfried Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke, Tenor: Mime Juha Uusitalo, Bass-baritone: Wanderer Phillip Ens, Bass: Fafner Qiu Lin Zhang, Contralto: Erda Catherine Naglestad, Soprano: Brünnhilde Anna Virovlansky, Soprano: Waldvogel (the woodbird) | ||
| Tuesday 16-Jul-13 07:00pm |
National Theatre, Munich Otello Munich Opera Festival |
Bavarian State Opera Paolo Carignani, Conductor Francesca Zambello, Director Alphonse Poulin, Choreography Johan Botha, Tenor: Otello Claudio Sgura, Baritone: Iago Pavol Breslik, Tenor: Cassio Francesco Petrozzi, Tenor: Roderigo Diogenes Randes, Bass: Lodovico Goran Juric, Bass: Montano Anja Harteros, Soprano: Desdemona |
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| National Theatre, Munich, Munich, Germany Tuesday 16-Jul-13 07:00pm Three characters – a lethal drama! Jago's vanity: offended. Otello's emotions: unrestrained. Desdemona's love: helpless. Plus a handkerchief as corpus dilecti. Never did Verdi compose revenge, intrigue and jealousy with more fiery, diabolical music as he provides in this opera written toward the end of his long career. A fascinating murder mystery!
In Italian with German surtitlesImage credit: Wilfried Hösl Paolo Carignani, Conductor Francesca Zambello, Director Alphonse Poulin, Choreography Johan Botha, Tenor: Otello Claudio Sgura, Baritone: Iago Pavol Breslik, Tenor: Cassio Francesco Petrozzi, Tenor: Roderigo Diogenes Randes, Bass: Lodovico Goran Juric, Bass: Montano Anja Harteros, Soprano: Desdemona | ||
| Tuesday 16-Jul-13 07:30pm |
Prinzregententheater, Munich Biped |
Bavarian State Ballet |
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| Prinzregententheater, Munich, 81675 Munich, Germany Tuesday 16-Jul-13 07:30pm "Biped is a signature piece of Merce Cunningham’s late body of works. 42 minutes of pure dance co-exist on stage without correlation to projection and music.
„It was one of the first new musical compositions commissioned by Merce Cunningham since the death of John Cage in 1992. Like all of Merce‘s work it involved a collaboration with visual artists, in this case Paul Kaiser and Shelley Eshkar who had developed a very striking technique of video motion capture. In working on the music Merce and I agreed that we would follow the method established between himself and John Cage of working independently but towards a common goal, thereby avoiding any planned one-to-one relationship between music, dance and décor.”
(Composer Gavin Bryars about Biped)
Ballet by Richard Siegal
„…suddenly, Richard Siegal stops the rehearsal, tells what he intended to insert here and there, asks the audience for their opinion, drops all inquiries and jumps to the next scene (…) it takes a while to realize what game is being played here – but even then, a hint of uncertainty is left behind. The means of presentation are chosen intentionally: the casual tone of voice, the official tone, minute details in choreographed passages where he articulates every single muscle like a cat, stand-up comedy followed by solemn seriousness. A wide-spectrum.” – TANZ magazine wrote about Richard Siegal as choreographer and performer. His new creation is yet to be named.Image credit: Merce Cunningham © Annie Liebovitz | ||
| Wednesday 17-Jul-13 07:00pm |
National Theatre, Munich Rigoletto Munich Opera Festival |
Bavarian State Opera Fabio Luisi, Conductor Árpád Schilling, Director Joseph Calleja, Tenor: The Duke of Mantua Franco Vassallo, Baritone: Rigoletto Patricia Petibon, Soprano: Gilda Dimitry Ivashchenko, Bass: Sparafucile Nadia Krasteva, Mezzo-soprano: Maddalena |
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| National Theatre, Munich, Munich, Germany Wednesday 17-Jul-13 07:00pm The first performance of the first opera in Verdi's legendary "trilogia popolare" at the Teatro La Fenice in Venice was preceded by a tricky battle with the censor. After all, the play by Victor Hugo on which it was based, about the cynical hedonism of an aristocrat, had been a hot potato throughout Europe since 1832, when it was banned immediately after its first performance in Paris. Verdi was interested less in criticism of the ruling classes and more in the tragedy of the court jester whose existence is devastated. The deformed entertainer in a world of men who consume women pulls out all the stops in his sarcasm and yet believes that he will remain unharmed by his public actions if he merely separates them cleanly from his private happiness. But when his daughter, imprisoned in a remote location for her own protection, follows her own longing, she becomes the victim of his double existence. A lonely, pitiable clown? "An amoral petty bourgeois man", thinks Arpad Schilling, "who dreams of innocence. A husband mourning for his wife and filled with a thirst for revenge. A great actor to whom success is more important than his own daughter. The fool of a noble lord who has been cheated by his own happiness. Verdi can do what Shakespeare does: He can tell a story in such a way as to make us shudder."
New productionIn Italian with German surtitles.Fabio Luisi, Conductor Árpád Schilling, Director Joseph Calleja, Tenor: The Duke of Mantua Franco Vassallo, Baritone: Rigoletto Patricia Petibon, Soprano: Gilda Dimitry Ivashchenko, Bass: Sparafucile Nadia Krasteva, Mezzo-soprano: Maddalena | ||
| Thursday 18-Jul-13 04:00pm |
National Theatre, Munich Götterdämmerung Munich Opera Festival |
Bavarian State Opera Kent Nagano, Conductor Andreas Kriegenburg, Director Stephen Gould, Tenor: Siegfried Iain Paterson, Bass: Gunther Hans-Peter König, Bass: Hagen Tomasz Konieczny, Bass: Alberich Nina Stemme, Soprano: Brünhilde Erika Wueschner, Soprano: Gutrune Michaela Schuster, Mezzo-soprano: Waltraute Hanna-Elisabeth Müller, Soprano: Woglinde Angela Brower, Mezzo-soprano: Wellgunde |
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| National Theatre, Munich, Munich, Germany Thursday 18-Jul-13 04:00pm Third Day of "Der Ring des Nibelungen"
Wagner had begun work on his cycle with the prose sketch Siegfrieds Tod (Siegfried’s Death), then rolled it back into the past, like the Norns, who, at the beginning of the Third Day, try to tie together the ropes of yesterday and tomorrow.
Hagen and Siegfried – the sons continue the duel of their fathers. But Hagen plays with different weapons – sorcery, mendacity and betrayal. Siegfried declares the ring, which came about through the malediction of love, to the symbol of his love. Nevertheless, the curse is stronger. Siegfried betrays his love. Brünnhilde betrays Siegfried. Siegfried swears an oath on the weapon that only a short time later will penetrate his heart.
The gods gaze impotently on their own downfall. The struggle for power transfers to the humans who survive the catastrophe and will perhaps understand everything now that they know the end.
New production.
In German with German surtitlesKent Nagano, Conductor Andreas Kriegenburg, Director Stephen Gould, Tenor: Siegfried Iain Paterson, Bass: Gunther Hans-Peter König, Bass: Hagen Tomasz Konieczny, Bass: Alberich Nina Stemme, Soprano: Brünhilde Erika Wueschner, Soprano: Gutrune Michaela Schuster, Mezzo-soprano: Waltraute Hanna-Elisabeth Müller, Soprano: Woglinde Angela Brower, Mezzo-soprano: Wellgunde | ||
| Saturday 20-Jul-13 07:00pm |
National Theatre, Munich Rigoletto Munich Opera Festival |
Bavarian State Opera Fabio Luisi, Conductor Árpád Schilling, Director Joseph Calleja, Tenor: The Duke of Mantua Franco Vassallo, Baritone: Rigoletto Patrizia Ciofi, Soprano: Gilda Dimitry Ivashchenko, Bass: Sparafucile Nadia Krasteva, Mezzo-soprano: Maddalena |
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| National Theatre, Munich, Munich, Germany Saturday 20-Jul-13 07:00pm The first performance of the first opera in Verdi's legendary "trilogia popolare" at the Teatro La Fenice in Venice was preceded by a tricky battle with the censor. After all, the play by Victor Hugo on which it was based, about the cynical hedonism of an aristocrat, had been a hot potato throughout Europe since 1832, when it was banned immediately after its first performance in Paris. Verdi was interested less in criticism of the ruling classes and more in the tragedy of the court jester whose existence is devastated. The deformed entertainer in a world of men who consume women pulls out all the stops in his sarcasm and yet believes that he will remain unharmed by his public actions if he merely separates them cleanly from his private happiness. But when his daughter, imprisoned in a remote location for her own protection, follows her own longing, she becomes the victim of his double existence. A lonely, pitiable clown? "An amoral petty bourgeois man", thinks Arpad Schilling, "who dreams of innocence. A husband mourning for his wife and filled with a thirst for revenge. A great actor to whom success is more important than his own daughter. The fool of a noble lord who has been cheated by his own happiness. Verdi can do what Shakespeare does: He can tell a story in such a way as to make us shudder."
New productionIn Italian with German surtitles.Fabio Luisi, Conductor Árpád Schilling, Director Joseph Calleja, Tenor: The Duke of Mantua Franco Vassallo, Baritone: Rigoletto Patrizia Ciofi, Soprano: Gilda Dimitry Ivashchenko, Bass: Sparafucile Nadia Krasteva, Mezzo-soprano: Maddalena | ||
| Sunday 21-Jul-13 07:00pm |
National Theatre, Munich Babylon Munich Opera Festival |
Bavarian State Opera Kent Nagano, Conductor Carlos Padrissa, Director Claron McFadden, Soprano: Seele Anna Prohaska, Soprano: Inanna Rainer Trost, Tenor: Tammu Sir Willard White, Bass-baritone: Priesterkönig Gabriele Schnaut, Soprano: Euphrat Kai Wessel, Countertenor: Skorpionmensch |
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| National Theatre, Munich, Munich, Germany Sunday 21-Jul-13 07:00pm Oper in sieben Bildern
Die monumentale Großstadt Babylon wird zum Schauplatz eines zivilisatorischen Umbruchs im Moment des Aufeinanderprallens zweier Kulturen: Während die Babylonier noch das Menschenopfer praktizieren, haben die Juden, die hier im Exil festsitzen, es bereits abgeschafft. Die Oper verfolgt diesen Konflikt über die Liebe des Exilanten Tammu zur Babylonierin Inanna, Priesterin im Tempel der freien Liebe. Als die Götter im Weltall Chaos entfesseln, werden auch die Tage auf der Erde wirr, Meteoritenhagel bedrohen die Menschen, der Euphrat verlässt sein Bett, es kommt zur Sintflut. Der Priesterkönig verspricht Ruhe und Ordnung zwischen Himmel und Erde durch ein Menschenopfer, die Babylonier begehen dies in einem rauschhaften Fest. Inanna aber steigt hinab in die Unterwelt, um den geopferten Tammu zurück ins Leben zu holen und sich mit ihm zu vereinigen. Am Ende siegt die Liebe und Versöhnung zwischen dem Himmel und den Menschen löst das alte Opfer ab. Eine vertragliche Übereinkunft begründet eine neue Weltordnung, in der wir uns noch heute befinden: die auf geordnete Wiederkehr beruhende 7-Tage-Woche.
Der Komponist Jörg Widmann trug lange die Idee einer Oper zu Babylon in sich. Seine ursprüngliche Faszination wurde geweckt von dem völlig anderen, für uns kaum beschreibbaren Liebeskonzept im vorantiken Mesopotamien. Die Liebe zwischen Tammu und Inanna geht zurück auf eines der legendärsten mythologischen Liebespaare der Babylonischen Antike, das schon Mozarts Zauberflöten-Dichter Schikaneder inspiriert hat: zwischen dem Helden Tammuzi und Inanna, Göttin der Liebe und des Krieges.
In German with German surtitles.Kent Nagano, Conductor Carlos Padrissa, Director Claron McFadden, Soprano: Seele Anna Prohaska, Soprano: Inanna Rainer Trost, Tenor: Tammu Sir Willard White, Bass-baritone: Priesterkönig Gabriele Schnaut, Soprano: Euphrat Kai Wessel, Countertenor: Skorpionmensch | ||
