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Munich

A Disappointing Lucia Is Revived in Munich

03/06/201627/05/2016 by José Irurzun

GermanyGermany Donizetti, Lucia di Lammermoor: Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Chorus, Oksana Lyniv (conductor), Nationaltheater, Munich, 25.5.2016. (JMI)

Lucia
Lucia di Lammermoor (c) Wilfried Hösl

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Angela Denoke Triumphs in The Makropulos Affair

29/05/201626/05/2016 by José Irurzun

GermanyGermany Janáček: Věc Makropulos, Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Chorus, Tomáš Hanus (conductor), Nationaltheater, Munich, 24.5.2016 (JMI)

Copyright - Wilfried Hosl.
Copyright – Wilfried Hosl.

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A Magnificent Ballo in Maschera Led by Zubin Mehta

03/04/201630/03/2016 by José Irurzun

GermanyGermany Verdi, Un Ballo in Maschera: Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Chorus, Zubin Mehta (conductor), Nationaltheater, Munich, 28.3.2016. (JMI)

 Credit: Bayerische Staatsoper

Credit: Bayerische Staatsoper

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Lothar Koenigs Conducts a Superbly Played and Beautifully Sung Lohengrin

03/04/201629/03/2016 by José Irurzun

GermanyGermany Wagner, Lohengrin: Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Chorus, Lothar Koenigs (conductor), Nationaltheater, Munich, 27.3.2016. (JMI)

Lohengrin
Richard Jones’s Lohengrin (c) Bayerische Staatsoper

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Fidelio at the Staatsoper: Fine Singing but an Unsatisfactory Staging

14/08/202012/02/2016 by José Irurzun

GermanyGermany Beethoven, Fidelio: Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Chorus, Zubin Mehta (conductor), Nationaltheater,  Munich, 10.2.2016. (JMI)

Fidelio
Bieito’s Fidelio © Wilfried Hösl

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An Intriguing Premiere in Munich of a Much-Anticipated Opera

28/02/201610/02/2016 by José Irurzun

GermanyGermany Srnka, South Pole: Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Kirill Petrenko (conductor), Nationaltheater, Munich, 9.2.2016 (JMI)

© Wilfried Hösl

© Wilfried Hösl

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Anja Harteros and René Pape  ̶  A Superb Pairing in Don Carlo

02/08/201529/07/2015 by José Irurzun
2015-07-29_12-23-37DonCarlo-500
Don Carlo Photo Credit: Wilfried Hösl

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Verdi: Don Carlo, Bayerische Staatsoper Orchestra and Chorus, Asher Fisch (conductor), Nationaltheater, Munich, 27.7.2015 (JMI)

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Anna Netrebko and Mariusz Kwiecien Triumph in Eugene Onegin

17/12/201527/07/2015 by José Irurzun

GermanyGermany  Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin, Bayerische Staatsoper Orchestra and Chorus, Leo Hussain (conductor), Nationaltheater, Munich, 26.7.2015 (JMI).

 Munich Trovatore Photo Credit: Wielfried Hösl
Munich Trovatore
Photo Credit: Wielfried Hösl

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