Tag Archives: Bayerische Staatsoper

Offenbach’s Les Contes d’Hoffmann in Munich

Opéra fantastique in five acts Composer Jacques Offenbach · Libretto by Jules Barbier after the play by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré In French with German surtitles Saturday, 28. March 2015 07:00 pm – 10:25 pm Nationaltheater Tuesday, 31. March 2015 07:00 … Continue reading

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Wagner’s Das Rheingold at the Bayerische Staatsoper

Eve of “Der Ring des Nibelungen” Composer Richard Wagner · Libretto by Richard Wagner In German with German surtitles Sunday, 22. March 2015 06:00 pm – 08:25 pm Nationaltheater Duration est. 2 hours 25 minutes SYNOPSIS Scene 1 The Rhinemaidens … Continue reading

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Wagner’s The Ring of the Nibelungs in Munich

“Der Ring des Nibelungen” Composer Richard Wagner · Libretto by Richard Wagner German with German surtitles SYNOPSIS Prologue The three Norns, the daughters of the omniscient Erda and guardians of fate, are passing the golden rope of fate from one … Continue reading

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Wagner’s Die Walkure in Munich

First Day of “Der Ring des Nibelungen” Composer Richard Wagner · Libretto by Richard Wagner In German with German surtitles Monday, 23. March 2015 05:00 pm – 10:05 pm Nationaltheater Duration est. 5 hours 05 minutes · Intervals between 1. … Continue reading

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“Il turco in Italia” at the Nationaltheater in Munich

  PRESENTS: “Il turco in Italia” Gioachino Rossini Libretto by Felice Romani A turbulent comedy by Gioachino Rossini, and as timely as tomorrow: a Turkish prince wants to familiarize himself with European customs. For example, in Naples – unlike back … Continue reading

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“La clemenza di Tito” in Munich

  PRESENTS: “La clemenza di Tito” Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Libretto by Caterino Mazzolà after Pietro Metastasio Opera seria in two acts In 1791, the commission at short notice to compose a coronation opera forced Mozart, the free spirit, to fall … Continue reading

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“Les Contes d’Hoffmann” in Munich

  PRESENTS: “Les Contes d’Hoffmann” Jacques Offenbach Libretto by Jules Barbier after the play by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré Opéra fantastique in five acts The protagonist of the opera is E.T.A. Hoffmann, the prototype of the German romantic period … Continue reading

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“La Calisto” in Munich

  PRESENTS: La Calisto Francesco Cavalli Music by Francesco Cavalli Libretto byGiovanni Faustini Germany’s baroque opera capital is doubtless Munich. For anyone seeking to become better acquainted with the rich cosmos of “ancient music” between Monteverdi and Gluck, La Calisto by … Continue reading

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“Turandot” in Munich

  PRESENTS: “Turandot” Giacomo Puccini Libretto by Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni The people are thirsty for blood. Another suitor for the hand of the sovereign is about to be publicly beheaded, because Princess Turandot is determined never to belong … Continue reading

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“Eugene Onegin” in Munich

PRESENTS: Eugene Onegin Peter I. Tschaikowsky Libretto by Peter I. Tchaikovsky and Konstantin Shilovsky after Alexander Pushkin’s verse novel The story of a cosmopolitan, educated, yet excessively arrogant outsider. He antagonizes the women who love and desire him, just as … Continue reading

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