Germany Puccini, Tosca: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Bavarian State Opera / Andrea Battistoni (conductor). Nationaltheater Munich, 20.5.2024. (ALL)
Hits and misses in Munich Bayerische Staatsoper’s new production of Tosca
Antoine Lévy-Leboyer
Sir Simon Rattle celebrates the 75th anniversary of the BRSO with Schoenberg’s Gurre-Lieder
Germany Schoenberg, Gurre-Lieder: Soloists, MDR Chorus, Chorus and Symphony Orchestra of Bavarian Radio / Sir Simon Rattle (conductor), Isarphiharmonie, Munich, 19.4.2024. (ALL)
Bavarian State Opera’s new production of The Passenger
Germany Weinberg, The Passenger (Die Passagierin): Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Bayerische Staatsoper / Vladimir Jurowski (conductor). Nationaltheater, Munich, 9.2.2024. (ALL)
Bayersiches Staatsoper’s underwhelming new production of Pique Dame in Munich
Germany Tchaikovsky, Pique Dame: Soloists, Choir and Orchestra des Bayerisches Staatsoper / Aziz Shokhakimov (conductor), Nationaltheater, Munich, 9.2.2024. (ALL)
Rattle conducts the Bayerisches Landesjugendorchester in Hindemith, Schoenberg and Mahler
Germany Hindemith, Schoenberg, Mahler: Tsotne Zedginidze (piano), Bayerisches Landesjugendorchester / Sir Simon Rattle (conductor). Herkulesaal, Munich, 28.1.2024. (ALL)
François-Xavier Roth discusses the music of Bernd Alois Zimmermann with Antoine Lévy-Leboyer
François-Xavier Roth, Musical Director of the Gürzenich Orchestra Cologne, will conduct Die Soldaten the legendary opera by Bernd Alois Zimmermann, in Cologne, Hamburg, and Paris. He discusses this extraordinary yet still too little-known composer.
Never a dull moment in Barrie Kosky’s new Munich production of Die Fledermaus
Germany Johann Strauss II, Die Fledermaus: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Bavarian State Opera / Vladimir Jurowski (conductor). Nationaltheater, Munich, 7.1.2024. (ALL)
Bayerische Staatsoper’s new bawdy slapstick production of Le nozze di Figaro
Germany Mozart, Le nozze di Figaro: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Bayerische Staatsoper / Stefano Montanari (conductor). Nationaltheater, Munich, 30.11.2023. (ALL)
