Tobias Kratzer‘s Das Rheingold in Munich kicks off a Ring for the post-secular age
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Parterre Box concludes the thrilling first year of Talk of the Town by inviting your lightning rod opinions on several more categories of operatic argumentation.
In Lohengrin, populism comes to an apocalyptic end on the Bavarian stage
Claus Guth mines urgent and contemporary commentary from Die Liebe der Danae in Munich.
A revival of the furious I masnadieri at the Bayerische Staatsoper falls short of perfection – and there’s nothing wrong with that.
Pénélope at the Bayerische Staatsoper’s summer festival spotlights the crossroads between the nostalgic and the progressive.
Daniele Rustioni leads a verismo double bill recorded in Munich last month
Konstantin Krimmel plays the title role in a live broadcast from Munich
Contrasting approaches to Regie duke it out in Cavalleria rusticana & Pagliacci and Rusalka in Munich
Corinne Winters sings the title role in Janácek‘s opera live from Munich.
A live opening night broadcast from Munich
A performance recorded in Munich two weeks ago with Pretty Yende and Xabier Anduaga
Brandon Jovanovich, Asmik Grigorian, Roman Burdenko, Boris Pinkhasovich, Violeta Urmana, and Victoria Karkacheva in a performance lead by Aziz Shokhakimov recorded earlier this year in Munich
Can György Ligeti‘s only opera be understood as the composer’s own grappling with trauma, death, and memory of a past life?
As a burgeoning opera fan, I relied on YouTube to connect me with the art form.
This July, Munich played host to hordes of football fans in town for the European Championship—and arguably the two finest working sopranos today.
Premiere of a new production from the Bayreische Staatsoper.
The Bayerische Staatsoper streams its new production of Britten’s tragedy. Conductor: Edward Gardner. Production: Stefan Herheim.
The crown jewel of this year’s Munich Festival is undoubtedly Richard Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde, which opened the Festival on June 29 and will close the Festival with an “Opera for All” screening on July 31.
From the Bayerische Staatsoper, Antonello Manacorda conducts a new production by Dmitri Tcherniakov featuring Golda Schultz, Anna Prohaska, Kyle Ketelsen and Pavel Cernoch.
Ailyn Pérez, Matthew Polenzani and Ambrogio Maestri star in this 2015 live performance from Munich.
Live video of Anna Netrebko and Yusif Eyvazov in the riddle scene from Turandot, as seen and heard recently in Munich.
Karita Mattila’s Ortrud, taut conducting, and a remarkable debut emerge from Richard Jones’s dreary Lohengrin Konzept.
