Munich

A Rimsky-Korsakov rarity in Munich: The Night Before Christmas

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GermanyGermany 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)

Bavarian State Opera’s The Night Before Christmas (centre, Elena Tsallagova as Oksana) © Geoffroy Schied

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Sir Simon Rattle conducting in Munich allowed for more discovery of detail in Berg’s Wozzeck

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GermanyGermany 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)

Christian Gerhaher (Wozzeck), conductor Sir Simon Rattle, Malin Byström (Marie) and BRSO  © BR/Astrid Ackermann

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Revelatory production of Richard Strauss’s Die Liebe der Danae in Munich

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GermanyGermany Richard Strauss, Die Liebe der Danae: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Bayerische Staatsoper / Sebastien Weigle (conductor). Nationaltheater, Munich, 15.2.2025. (ALL)

Claus Guth’s production of Die Liebe der Danae with Malin Byström (front centre, Danae) © Monika Rittershaus

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Xabier Anduaga triumphs in Munich’s new production of La fille du régiment

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GermanyGermany Donizetti, La fille du régiment: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Bayerische Staatsoper / Stefano Montanari (conductor). Nationaltheater, Munich, 31.12.2024. (ALL)

Bayerische Staatsoper’s La fille du régiment – Sunnyi Melles (centre, La Duchesse de Crakentorp) © Geoffrey Schied

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Sir Simon Rattle conducts a Bach St Matthew Passion of great integrity in Munich

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GermanyGermany Bach, Matthäus-Passion (St Matthew Passion): Soloists, Augsburger Domsingknaben, Bavarian Radio Chorus, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle (conductor). Herkulessaal, Munich, 26.9.2024. (ALL)

Bach’s St Matthew Passion in Munich’s Herkulessaal © Severin Vogl/BRSO

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