Just in: Munich to open with Korngold
mainIf anyone has doubts of the return of Erich Wolfgang Korngold, the Bavarian State Opera will dispel them by opening its next season with Die tote Stadt.
Jonas Kaufmann stars opposite Marlis Petersen.
Other new productions:
Hans Abrahamsen
THE SNOW QUEEN
Conductor: Cornelius Meister
Production: Andreas Kriegenburg
With Barbara Hannigan and Peter Rose
Béla Bartók
CONCERTO FOR ORCHESTRA / BLUEBEARD’S CASTLE
Conductor: Oksana Lyniv
Production: Katie Mitchell
With Nina Stemme and John Lundgren
Giuseppe Verdi
I MASNADIERI
Conductor: Michele Mariotti
Production: Johannes Erath
With Diana Damrau, Mika Kares, Charles Castronovo and Igor Golovatenko
Marina Abramović
7 DEATHS OF MARIA CALLAS
Director, sets and performance: Marina Abramović
Conductor: Yoel Gamzou
Music: Marko Nikodijević
Script: Marina Abramović, Petter Skavlan
With Marina Abramović, Willem Dafoe, Selene Zanetti, Adela Zaharia and Hera Hyesang Park
Jean-Philippe Rameau
CASTOR ET POLLUX
Conductor: Ivor Bolton
Production: Hans Neuenfels
With Emöke Barath, Caspar Singh and Edwin Crossley-Mercer
Munich Opera Festival
Giuseppe Verdi
FALSTAFF
Conductor: Kirill Petrenko
Production: Mateja Koležnik
With Wolfgang Koch, Boris Pinkhasovich, Bogdan Volkov, Aleksandra Kurzak, Okka von der Damerau
Munich Opera Festival
Ambroise Thomas
MIGNON
Conductor: Pierre Dumoussaud
Production: Christiane Lutz
Opera Studio of the Bayerische Staatsoper
The first premiere of the 2019/20 season will be DIE TOTE STADT by Erich Wolfgang Korngold. Kirill Petrenko will conduct the new production, staged by Simon Stone. @tenorkaufmann and Marlis Petersen will take on the main roles. #BSOstadt #BSO1920 pic.twitter.com/PgV1BqJfW1
— BayerischeStaatsoper (@bay_staatsoper) March 17, 2019
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