Markus Söder, the Prime Minister of Bavaria, has officially established his plan to help the arts and culture in the region, offering up between 90 to 200 million euros of support. Per Platea Magazine, the Prime Minister made his intentions known during a press conference on Thursday, May 14, 2020. Additionally, he laid out a plan to reopening several theaters {…}
(© Gregor Hohenberg / Sony Classical) The Bayerische Staatsoper’s Monday concerts have been revived and will restart on April 27 with a concert by Jonas Kaufmann. The free concerts, which will be performed from the stage of the Bayerische Staatsoper, will start at 8.15 pm (CET) on STAATSOPER.TV, live and will free of charge. The Monday Concerts will showcase artists {…}
Credit: Bayerische Staatsoper The Bayerische Staatsoper has announced that former Artistic Director Sir Peter Jonas has passed away on April 22, 2020 after a 45-year battle with cancer. He was 73. Jonas’ career started to flourish in 1974 as the assistant to Sir Georg Solti during the latter’s time at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Two years later, he became the {…}
The Bayerische Staatsoper in Germany has announced the cancelation of the remainder of the 2019-20 season and the Munich Opera Festival. In a press release General Manager Nikolaus Bachler stated, “The cancelation of the remaining season and of the Munich Opera Festival is naturally very painful for the entire house and for me personally. A theater without an audience, without {…}
Chancellor Angela Merkel has extended Germany’s lockdown until May 3 as a result of the coronavirus. Merkel announced in a video that Germany would maintain restrictions and would slowly open non-essential businesses after May 3. However, theaters and sporting events would be banned until August 31, 2020 due to the high risk these venues pose. The new restrictions will undoubtedly {…}
(Credit: Staatsoper Berlin/Ken Howard-Metropolitan Opera/P.S. Zoeller) With social distancing in full effect, the opera world has come together to offer up a lot of streaming services. The beauty of it all is that there is seemingly endless choice. But on the other hand, there is so much choice that it could be hard to figure out what to check out. {…}
The Bayerische Staatsoper announced its 2020-21 season which includes eight new productions and numerous revivals. Premieres The first new production of the year will be “Die Vögel” by Walter Braunfels, who also penned the libretto. Ingo Metzmacher conducts a production by Frank Castrof that will star Wolfgang Koch, Günter Papendell, Caroline Wettergreen, Emily Pogorelc, Eliza Bloom, and Yajie Zhang, among {…}
We will update this page with new additions to the streaming offerings. In the same vein as other companies, the Bayerische Staatsoper will be presenting performances daily via its live stream service on www.staatsoper.tv. The programming is set to last all the way through April 19 as companies around the world observe regulations put in place to contain the spread {…}
The Bayerische Staatsoper has announced that it will close its doors from March 11 to April 19. In a statement via social media, the company said that “that due to the coronavirus and by order of the ministry all performances would be canceled. The company also noted that in the meantime it would make some performances available as live stream {…}
(Credit: Marco Anelli © 2019) The Bayerische Staatsoper has announced an additional performance for the upcoming world premiere of “7 Deaths of Maria Callas.” The company announced via social media that the additional performance will be held on April 13, 2020 at 3 p.m. The opera, which is created by Marina Abramović is set to make its world premiere on {…}
The Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich has a new casting director. The company announced that David Lomelí, former Director of Artistic Administration at the Dallas Opera, will become Casting Director for the Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich. He will officially begin in the summer of 2021, but will serve as casting consultant for the organization during the upcoming year. In the meantime, {…}