Festival: Munich Opera Festival| Date | Event | Composers, Works, Performers |
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| Friday 28-Jun-13 07:00pm |
 National Theatre, MunichDer 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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 |
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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| Thursday 25-Jul-13 06:00pm |
National Theatre, Munich Don Carlo Munich Opera Festival |
Bavarian State Opera Zubin Mehta, Conductor Jürgen Rose, Director René Pape, Bass: Philippe II, King of Spain Jonas Kaufmann, Tenor: Don Carlos Mariusz Kwiecien, Baritone: Rodrigo, Marquis of Posa Taras Shtonda, Bass: Grand Inquisitor Diogenes Randes, Bass: A Monk Anja Harteros, Soprano: Elisabeth of Valois, Queen of Spain Sonia Ganassi, Mezzo-soprano: Princess Eboli Hanna-Elisabeth Müller, Soprano: Thibault Francesco Petrozzi, Tenor: The Count of Lerma |
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| National Theatre, Munich, Munich, Germany Thursday 25-Jul-13 06:00pm Spain in 1560: life on the brink of the abyss. A land ruled by church and state! Will the mighty – the grand inquisitor and the king – succeed in killing love? Will they manage to extinguish the blazing flame of liberty? Verdi's darkest opera causes us to tremble, but the composer’s musical genius does it in a fascinating and deeply moving way.
Five act version Italian with German surtitles.Image credit: Wilfried Hösl Zubin Mehta, Conductor Jürgen Rose, Director René Pape, Bass: Philippe II, King of Spain Jonas Kaufmann, Tenor: Don Carlos Mariusz Kwiecien, Baritone: Rodrigo, Marquis of Posa Taras Shtonda, Bass: Grand Inquisitor Diogenes Randes, Bass: A Monk Anja Harteros, Soprano: Elisabeth of Valois, Queen of Spain Sonia Ganassi, Mezzo-soprano: Princess Eboli Hanna-Elisabeth Müller, Soprano: Thibault Francesco Petrozzi, Tenor: The Count of Lerma | ||
| Sunday 28-Jul-13 06:00pm |
National Theatre, Munich Don Carlo Munich Opera Festival |
Bavarian State Opera Zubin Mehta, Conductor Jürgen Rose, Director René Pape, Bass: Philippe II, King of Spain Jonas Kaufmann, Tenor: Don Carlos Mariusz Kwiecien, Baritone: Rodrigo, Marquis of Posa Taras Shtonda, Bass: Grand Inquisitor Diogenes Randes, Bass: A Monk Anja Harteros, Soprano: Elisabeth of Valois, Queen of Spain Sonia Ganassi, Mezzo-soprano: Princess Eboli Hanna-Elisabeth Müller, Soprano: Thibault Francesco Petrozzi, Tenor: The Count of Lerma |
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| National Theatre, Munich, Munich, Germany Sunday 28-Jul-13 06:00pm Spain in 1560: life on the brink of the abyss. A land ruled by church and state! Will the mighty – the grand inquisitor and the king – succeed in killing love? Will they manage to extinguish the blazing flame of liberty? Verdi's darkest opera causes us to tremble, but the composer’s musical genius does it in a fascinating and deeply moving way.
Five act version Italian with German surtitles.Image credit: Wilfried Hösl Zubin Mehta, Conductor Jürgen Rose, Director René Pape, Bass: Philippe II, King of Spain Jonas Kaufmann, Tenor: Don Carlos Mariusz Kwiecien, Baritone: Rodrigo, Marquis of Posa Taras Shtonda, Bass: Grand Inquisitor Diogenes Randes, Bass: A Monk Anja Harteros, Soprano: Elisabeth of Valois, Queen of Spain Sonia Ganassi, Mezzo-soprano: Princess Eboli Hanna-Elisabeth Müller, Soprano: Thibault Francesco Petrozzi, Tenor: The Count of Lerma | ||
| Monday 29-Jul-13 07:00pm |
National Theatre, Munich Macbeth Munich Opera Festival |
Bavarian State Opera Massimo Zanetti, Conductor Martin Kusej, Director Željko Lučić, Baritone: Macbeth Diogenes Randes, Bass: Banquo Nadja Michael, Soprano: Lady Macbeth Golda Schult\, Soprano: Lady in Waiting Wookyung Kim, Tenor: Macduff Emanuele D'Aguanno, Tenor: Malcolm |
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| National Theatre, Munich, Munich, Germany Monday 29-Jul-13 07:00pm In honeyed tones, Lord and Lady Macbeth reveal their passionate and bizarre emotions to us. But behind this beauty there lurks an abyss, which Verdi unveils with one of the cruelest dramas in the history of world literature. In their struggle to seize power and retain it once it has been usurped, Macbeth and his lady commit one murder after another. The unwavering nature of their desire imbues their love with a radicality that would have been unthinkable on the operatic stage before this work. “The subject matter of this opera is neither political nor religious: it is fantastic,” wrote Verdi and brought Shakespeare’s play closer to a more “romantic” reading. In actual fact, the witches, ghosts and apparitions, the eerie elements, which dominate the musical and dramatic flow, in short the whole world of this opera can be regarded as an outward image of its protagonists’ inner state.
In Italian with German surtitles.Image credit: Wilfried Hösl Massimo Zanetti, Conductor Martin Kusej, Director Željko Lučić, Baritone: Macbeth Diogenes Randes, Bass: Banquo Nadja Michael, Soprano: Lady Macbeth Golda Schult\, Soprano: Lady in Waiting Wookyung Kim, Tenor: Macduff Emanuele D'Aguanno, Tenor: Malcolm | ||
| Wednesday 31-Jul-13 05:00pm |
National Theatre, Munich Parsifal Munich Opera Festival |
Bavarian State Opera Kent Nagano, Conductor Peter Konwitschny, Director Thomas Hampson, Baritone: Amfortas Diogenes Randes, Bass: Titurel Kwangchul Youn, Bass: Gurnemanz Christopher Ventris, Tenor: Parsifal Yevgeny Nikitin, Bass-baritone: Klingsor Petra Lang, Mezzo-soprano: Kundry Kevin Conners, Tenor: First knight of the Grail Tareq Nazmi, Bass: Second knight of the Grail |
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| National Theatre, Munich, Munich, Germany Wednesday 31-Jul-13 05:00pm SWho's afraid of the Bühnenweihfestspiel? Will Parsifal manage to bring the sacred spear back to the Knights of the Grail? Will he resist the blandishments of the primal sorceress "Kundry". Does salvation exist? Does compassion bring knowledge? Wagner's late work not as artificial religion – but rather as critical music theatre. Peter Konwitschny's production: admired, cheered and hotly controversial. A scandal? Well, judge for yourself.
Sung in German.Kent Nagano, Conductor Peter Konwitschny, Director Thomas Hampson, Baritone: Amfortas Diogenes Randes, Bass: Titurel Kwangchul Youn, Bass: Gurnemanz Christopher Ventris, Tenor: Parsifal Yevgeny Nikitin, Bass-baritone: Klingsor Petra Lang, Mezzo-soprano: Kundry Kevin Conners, Tenor: First knight of the Grail Tareq Nazmi, Bass: Second knight of the Grail | ||
