Cavalleria Rusticana & Pagliacci Cavalleria Rusticana & Pagliacci

Daniele Rustioni leads a verismo double bill recorded in Munich last month

Don Giovanni Don Giovanni

Konstantin Krimmel plays the title role in a live broadcast from Munich

Married to the mob Married to the mob

Contrasting approaches to Regie duke it out in Cavalleria rusticana & Pagliacci and Rusalka in Munich

Kát’a Kabanová Kát’a Kabanová

Corinne Winters sings the title role in Janácek‘s opera live from Munich.

Die Liebe der Danae Die Liebe der Danae

A live opening night broadcast from Munich

La Fille du régiment La Fille du régiment

A performance recorded in Munich two weeks ago with Pretty Yende and Xabier Anduaga

The Queen of Spades The Queen of Spades

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

<em>Macabre</em> fascination <em>Macabre</em> fascination

Can György Ligeti‘s only opera be understood as the composer’s own grappling with trauma, death, and memory of a past life?

Direct-to-video Direct-to-video

As a burgeoning opera fan, I relied on YouTube to connect me with the art form.

The discreet charm of the bourgeoisie The discreet charm of the bourgeoisie

This July, Munich played host to hordes of football fans in town for the European Championship—and arguably the two finest working sopranos today.

Lohengrin Lohengrin

Premiere of a new production from the Bayreische Staatsoper.

Peter Grimes Peter Grimes

The Bayerische Staatsoper streams its new production of Britten’s tragedy. Conductor: Edward Gardner.  Production: Stefan Herheim.

War! What is it good for? War! What is it good for?

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.

Der Freischütz Der Freischütz

From the Bayerische Staatsoper, Antonello Manacorda conducts a new production by Dmitri Tcherniakov featuring Golda Schultz, Anna Prohaska, Kyle Ketelsen and Pavel Cernoch.

L’elisir d’amore L’elisir d’amore

Ailyn Pérez, Matthew Polenzani and Ambrogio Maestri star in this 2015 live performance from Munich.

If love is out of the question If love is out of the question

Live video of Anna Netrebko and Yusif Eyvazov in the riddle scene from Turandot, as seen and heard recently in Munich.

Judith Judith

The Bayerische Staatsoper offers an all-Bartok program called Judith this afternoon.

Bleak house Bleak house

Karita Mattila’s Ortrud, taut conducting, and a remarkable debut emerge from Richard Jones’s dreary Lohengrin Konzept.

Wozzeck Wozzeck

Alban Berg‘s masterpiece launches the Bayerische Staatsoper’s 2019/2020 STAATSOPER.TV season.

Broadcast: Agrippina Broadcast: Agrippina

Live from the Bayerische Staatsoper, Handel’s opera of intrigue.

Kommen Sie und hören Sie das Wiegenlied des Broadway! Kommen Sie und hören Sie das Wiegenlied des Broadway!

The Bayerische Staatsorchester with General Music Director Kirill Petrenko plays music by George Gershwin, Cole Porter, Frederick Loewe, Leonard Bernstein, Rodgers and Hammerstein and more.

Broadcast: Salome Broadcast: Salome

Marlis Petersen is the obsessed princess.

Broadcast: Alceste Broadcast: Alceste

Live from the Bayerische Staatsoper, Gluck’s “reform opera” stars Charles Castronovo and Dorothea Röschmann.

Broadcast: La fanciulla del West Broadcast: La fanciulla del West

There’s a live video webcast of Puccini’s western from the Bayerische Staatsoper starting at 2:00 PM EDT.