Interview with Serge Dorny, artistic director of Bavarian State Opera
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR OF BAVARIAN STATE OPERA SERGE DORNY IN CONVERSATION WITH ANTOINE LÉVY-LEBOYER
Munich
The revival of Dmitri Tcherniakov’s frustrating Der Freischütz in Munich
Germany Weber, Der Freischütz: Chorus and Orchestra of Bavarian State Orchestra / Lothar Koenigs (conductor). Bavarian State Opera, Munich 26.11.2021. (ALL)
Vladimir Jurowski begins as he means to go on in Munich with Serebrennikov’s powerful new Nose
Germany Shostakovich, The Nose (Nos): Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Bavarian State Opera / Vladimir Jurowski (conductor). Nationaltheater, Munich, 27.10.2021. (ALL)
Bayerische Staatsoper’s The Turning Point: in Munich is it the end of the beginning or the beginning of the end?
Germany Munich Opera Festival 2021 – The Turning Point: A Final Evening of Endings and Beginnings: Soloists, Nikolaus Bachler (recitation), Bayerisches Staatsorchester / Ivor Bolton, Asher Fisch, Kent Nagano, Kirill Petrenko (conductors). Performance of 30.7.2021 at Munich’s Bayerische Staatsoper and streamed (directed by Christoph Engel) from 3.8. to 10.8.2021. (JPr)
Wallow in the beauty of the human voice, though Munich’s new Idomeneo dwarfs the singers
Germany Mozart, Idomeneo: Soloists, Chorus of the Bayerischen Staatsoper, Bayerisches Staatsorchester / Constantinos Carydis (conductor). Filmed (directed by Christoph Engel) on 24.7.2021 at the Prinzregententheater, Munich, and streamed from 26.7.2021 (and available until 26.8.2021). (JPr)
Kirill Petrenko pays tribute to Hermann Levi at the Munich Opera Festival
Germany Munich Opera Festival – Hermann Levi Memorial Concert: Emanuel Graf (cello), Johanni van Oostrum (soprano), Orchesterakademie des Bayerischen Staatsorchesters (Wagner), Bayerisches Staatsorchester (Brahms, Mozart, Bruch, Mendelssohn) / Kirill Petrenko (conductor). Prinzregententheater, Munich, 23.7.2021. (ALL)
There is huge applause at Munich’s Tristan und Isolde for Jonas Kaufmann, Anja Harteros and Kirill Petrenko
Germany Wagner, Tristan und Isolde: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Bavarian State Orchestra / Kirill Petrenko (conductor). Nationaltheater, Munich, 4.7.2021 (ALL)
Das Rheingold revival in Munich: sometimes pleasing but rather an uneven performance
Germany Wagner, Das Rheingold: Soloists, Bayerische Staatsoper Orchestra / Patrick Lange (conductor), Nationaltheater, Munich, 3.7.2021. (JMI)
