Germany Brett Dean, Hamlet: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Bavarian State Opera / Vladimir Jurowski (conductor). Nationaltheater, Munich, 25.6.2023. (ALL)
A musically excellent Hamlet opens the 2023 Munich Opera Festival
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Munich’s Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra in 2023-24
Germany Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra 2023-24 Season Presentation with Sir Simon Rattle: Nikolaus Pont (orchestra manager) and Sir Simon Rattle (chief conductor). Munich, 17.5.2023. (RF)
The Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra presented its programme for the 2023-34 season, the first under the long-awaited musical direction of Sir Simon Rattle. In a press conference together with orchestra manager Nikolaus Pont it was announced that Rattle will conduct a wide range of subscription concerts, special concerts, a ‘Musica Viva’ concert, the orchestra academy and the Bavarian Youth Orchestra. He will also be scouring the Bavarian countryside for five brass bands to play in a ‘Symphonischer Hoagascht’ together with the BRSO. He said that he has felt very much at home with the orchestra since first conducting it in 2010. The press conference made it clear that Rattle will be involved in all possible activities, including outreach and education.
Daniele Rustioni conducts Munich’s ‘clever’ new production of Aida
Germany Verdi, Aida: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Bayerische Staatsoper / Daniele Rustioni (conductor). Nationaltheater, Munich, 15.5.2023. (ALL)
Thought-provoking and outstanding new production of War and Peace in Munich
Germany Prokofiev, War and Peace: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Bayerische Staatsoper / Vladimir Jurowski (conductor). Nationaltheater, Munich, 5.3.2023. (ALL)
Sir Simon Rattle conducts a Siegfried in Munich full of new revelations
Germany Wagner, Siegfried: Soloists, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle (conductor). Isarphilharmonie, Munich 5.2.2023. (ALL)
Dido and Aeneas and Erwartung double bill at Bayerische Staatsoper
Germany Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas and Schoenberg’s Erwartung: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Bayerische Staatsoper / Andrew Manze (conductor). Nationaltheater, Munich, 4.2.2023. (ALL)
Jewish Chamber Orchestra Munich performs little-known treasures
Germany Weinberg, Joel Engel, Ilse Weber: Shachar Lavi (mezzo-soprano), Sofia Astakhov (clarinet), Jewish Chamber Orchestra Munich / Daniel Grossmann (conductor). Munich Kammerspiele Theatre, 6.12.2022. (RF)
Strong singing in a new Lohengrin at the Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich
Germany Wagner, Lohengrin: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Bayerische Staatsoper / François-Xavier Roth (conductor). Nationaltheater, Munich, 3.12.2022. (ALL)
