The Bayerische Staatsoper’s wildly popular series of free live streams returns for its fourth season, live and in full HD, on October 28 with a webcast of Richard Strauss’ Ariadne auf Naxos under the baton of General Music Director Kirill Petrenko (not pictured.) More details on the series follow after the jump.  

Here is the 2015/16 season live stream schedule:

October 23, 2015
Richard Strauss
Ariadne auf Naxos
Musical Direction: Kirill Petrenko
Stage Direction: Robert Carsen
With Amber Wagner, Brenda Rae, Alice Coote, Peter Seiffert a.o.

November 15, 2015
Arrigo Boito
Mefistofele (New Production)
Musical Direction: Omer Meir Wellber
Stage Direction: Roland Schwab
With René Pape, Joseph Calleja, Kristine Opolais a.o.

December 12, 2015
Sergej Prokofjew
The Fiery Angel (New Production)
Musical Direction: Vladimir Jurowski
Stage Direction: Barrie Kosky
With Evgeny Nikitin, Evelyn Herlitzius, Elena Manistina a.o.

March 19, 2016
Giuseppe Verdi
Un ballo in maschera (New Production)
Musical Direction: Zubin Mehta
Stage Direction: Johannes Erath
With Piotr Beczala, Simon Keenlyside, Anja Harteros, a.o.

June 12, 2016
Marius Petipa / Ivan Liška
Le Corsaire
Musical Direction: Aivo Välja
Soloists and corps de ballet of the Bavarian State Ballet

June 26, 2016
Fromental Halévy
La Juive (New Production)
Musical Direction: Bertrand de Billy
Stage Direction: Calixto Bieito
With Kristine Opolais, Roberto Alagna, John Osborn, Aleksandra Kurzak a.o.

July 31, 2016
Richard Wagner
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (New Production)
Musical Direction: Kirill Petrenko
Stage Direction: David Bösch
With Wolfgang Koch, Christof Fischesser, Jonas Kaufmann, Sara Jakubiak a.o.