Germany Rimsky-Korsakov, The Night Before Christmas: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Bavarian State Opera / Vladimir Jurowski (conductor). National Theatre, Munich, 25.11.2025. (AL-L)
A Rimsky-Korsakov rarity in Munich: The Night Before Christmas
Antoine Lévy-Leboyer
Podcast: Artificial Intelligence at Bayreuth – A discussion with Ring ‘Curator’ Marcus Lobbes
A New Ring for a New Era We are incredibly excited to share the link for the latest episode of Entrepreneurial Realities, the podcast of the venture lab of the Munich technical university run by Seen and Heard International Munich correspondent Antoine Lévy-Leboyer! Antoine spoke with Marcus Lobbes, the Director of the Academie for Theater … Read more
Sir Simon Rattle conducting in Munich allowed for more discovery of detail in Berg’s Wozzeck
Germany Berg, Wozzeck (concert performance): Soloists, Chorus of the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Children’s Chorus of Bavarian State Opera, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle (conductor). Isarphilharmonie, Munich, 5.10.2025. (AL-L)
Salzburg’s Mahler: three orchestras, three visions, but the Berlin Phil’s Ninth is a collective triumph
Austria Salzburg Festival 2025 [8] – Mahler: Berlin Philharmonic / Kirill Petrenko (conductor). Grosses Festpielhaus, Salzburg, 31.8.2025. (AL-L)
Fauré’s rarely-performed Pénélope at Munich’s Bayerische Staatsoper
Germany Fauré, Pénélope: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Bayerische Staatsoper / Susanna Mälkki (conductor), Prinzregententheater, Munich, 26.7.2025. (AL-L)
Petrenko and the Berlin Philharmonic elevate Madama Butterfly in Baden-Baden
Germany Puccini, Madama Butterfly: Soloists, Tschechischer Philharmonischer Chor Brünn, Berliner Philharmoniker / Kirill Petrenko (conductor). Festpielhaus Baden-Baden, 20.4.2025. (AL-L)
Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts Mussorgsky’s Khovanshchina at the Salzburg Easter Festival
Austria Osterfestspiele Salzburg 2025 – Mussorgsky, Khovanshchina: Soloists, Slovak Philharmonic Choir, Bachchor Salzburg, Salzburger Festspiele and Theater Kinderchor, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra / Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor). Grosses Festspielhaus, Salzburg, 12.4.2025. (AL-L)
Revelatory production of Richard Strauss’s Die Liebe der Danae in Munich
Germany Richard Strauss, Die Liebe der Danae: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Bayerische Staatsoper / Sebastien Weigle (conductor). Nationaltheater, Munich, 15.2.2025. (ALL)
