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Wednesday, April 4th, 2018
By ANDREW POWELL Published: April 4, 2018 MUNICH — Bayreuth’s Rococo gem of a theater, the Markgräfliches Opernhaus, will reopen April 12 after a five-year, €32-million restoration. On the bill, fittingly: Hasse’s Artaserse (1730), as mounted by the Theater-Akademie August Everding. Like virtually every public project in Germany these days, the effort took longer than […]
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Tags: Artaserse, Bayreuth, Carlo Galli Bibiena, Hasse, Joseph Saint-Pierre, Margravial Opera House, Markgräfliches Opernhaus, Michael Hofstetter, News, Theater-Akademie August Everding, Wilhelmine of Prussia
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Wednesday, March 21st, 2018
By ANDREW POWELL Published: March 21, 2018 MUNICH — Bavaria’s Culture Ministry, responsible for Bayerische Staatsoper and Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz, among many other entities, underwent a sudden double shake-up this morning with the firing of its cheerful chief, Ludwig Spaenle, and an organizational severing into two parts. Bernd Sibler, 47, is the new Kultusminister. The […]
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Tags: Angela Merkel, Bavarian State Opera, Bayerische Staatsoper, Bernd Sibler, CDU, CSU, Franz Josef Strauß, Horst Seehofer, King Ludwig I, Ludwig Spaenle, Markus Söder, News, Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz
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Tuesday, March 20th, 2018
By ANDREW POWELL Published: March 20, 2018 MUNICH — Judging from reports around the country here, the Houston Symphony Orchestra today returns to Texas mission-accomplished. The clarity of its tone colors, the exuberance of its brass section, the articulate luster of its strings — all have been remarked upon during an eleven-day tour to busy […]
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Tags: Andrés Orozco Estrada, Bernstein, Gasteig, Hilary Hahn, Houston Symphony Orchestra, Kritik, Megan Conley, München, MünchenMusik, Munich, Review, Serenade, West Side Story
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Tuesday, March 6th, 2018
By ANDREW POWELL Published: March 6, 2018 MUNICH — The rumor emerged last fall, lingered, and today became fact during a Free State of Bavaria cabinet meeting: Serge Dorny, 56, and Vladimir Jurowski, 45, will in Sept. 2021 take over as Intendant and Generalmusikdirektor, respectively, at Bavarian State Opera. So said a statement from Bavaria’s […]
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Tags: Andris Nelsons, Bavarian State Opera, Bayerische Staatsoper, Ludwig Spaenle, München, Munich, News, Semperoper, Serge Dorny, Vladimir Jurowski
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Tuesday, February 27th, 2018
By ANDREW POWELL Published: February 27, 2018 MUNICH — Sometimes the revival has the better cast. So it was for La Favorite at Bavarian State Opera on Sunday, when Giacomo Sagripanti, Clémentine Margaine and Ludovic Tézier made more sense of the music than their counterparts in the 2016 production’s first run (a Deutsche Grammophon DVD) […]
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Tags: Amélie Niermeyer, Bavarian State Opera, Bayerische Staatsoper, Clémentine Margaine, Deutsche Grammophon, DVD, Gaetano Donizetti, Giacomo Sagripanti, Kritik, Matthew Polenzani, Mika Kares, München, Munich, Review, Tézier
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Wednesday, February 21st, 2018
By ANDREW POWELL Published: February 21, 2018 MUNICH — Putting box-office steadiness ahead of artistic achievement, the city council here voted this morning to extend by five years Valery Gergiev’s contract as Chefdirigent of the civically run Munich Philharmonic, as requested by the orchestra’s managers. The move doubles the Russian’s tenure, to encompass the seasons […]
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Tags: Commentary, Gasteig, München, Münchner Philharmoniker, Munich, Munich Philharmonic, News, Valery Gergiev
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Wednesday, January 31st, 2018
By ANDREW POWELL Published: January 31, 2018 MUNICH — Contrary to a London blog report yesterday, nothing has been “locked down” with regard to a contract extension for Valery Gergiev at the Munich Philharmonic, though things are indeed moving in that direction, for practical more than artistic reasons. What has happened is that Hans-Georg Küppers, […]
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Tags: Andris Nelsons, Dieter Reiter, Gasteig, Hans-Georg Küppers, Kirill Petrenko, Mariss Jansons, München, Münchner Philharmoniker, Munich, Munich Philharmonic, News, Paul Müller, Valery Gergiev, Vladimir Jurowski, Vladimir Putin
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Friday, January 12th, 2018
By ANDREW POWELL Published: January 12, 2018 MUNICH — Against the medical odds, perhaps, Mariss Jansons turns seventy-five on Sunday, still adored by his favorite orchestra. Bavarian Broadcasting marks the occasion with a 44-minute video portrait, Im Zeichen der Musik, or In the Music’s Character, freely watchable. Last evening here at the Gasteig, a subscription […]
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Tags: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Bayerischer Rundfunk, Beethoven, BR, BR Chor, Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Gasteig, Genia Kühmeier, Gerhild Romberger, Howard Arman, Hummel, Kritik, Luca Pisaroni, Mariss Jansons, Martin Angerer, Maximilian Schmitt, München, Munich, Review, Stravinsky, Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Symphony in Three Movements
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Thursday, December 28th, 2017
By ANDREW POWELL Published: December 28, 2017 MUNICH — Post is under revision. Illustration © Queue-it and Bayerische Staatsoper Related posts: Staatsoper Favors Local Fans See-Through Lulu Ettinger Drives Aida U.S. Orchestras on Travel Ban Time for Schwetzingen
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Tags: Bavarian State Opera, Bayerische Staatsoper, CTS Eventim, Ludwig Spaenle, München, Munich, National Theater, Nationaltheater, News, Queue-it
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Sunday, November 26th, 2017
By ANDREW POWELL Published: November 26, 2017 MUNICH — Post is under revision. Photos © Arthaus, BelAir Classiques, Querstand, Supraphon, Warner Classics Related posts: Winter Discs Time for Schwetzingen Ives: Violin Sonatas on CD Chung to Conduct for Trump Manon, Let’s Go
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Tags: Agnieszka Rehlis, Aida, Aldo Protti, Aleksandra Kurzak, Andrea Chénier, Anja Harteros, Anton Bruckner, Antonino Votto, Antonio Pappano, Arthaus, Artur Ruciński, Badischer Staatsopernchor, Bavarian State Orchestra, Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Bayreuther Festspiele, BelAir Classiques, Bellini, Berg, Berlioz, Birgit Nilsson, Bo Skovhus, Bohumil Gregor, Callas, CD, Cesare Valletti, Choeur de l’Opéra du Rhin, Choeur Philharmonique de Strasbourg, Cigánské melodie, Coro del Teatro alla Scala, Coro della Cappella Musicale Pontificia, Coro dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Cypresses, Cypřiše, Daniela Sindram, Deutsche Grammophon, Dmitri Tcherniakov, Dmitry Korchak, DVD, Ekaterina Semenchuk, Enzo Mascherini, Erato, Erwin Schrott, Eugenia Ratti, Fiorenza Cossotto, Gewandhaus-Orchester, Gino Penno, Giordano, Giuseppe Modesti, Giuseppe Verdi, Gypsy Melodies, Hanna Hipp, Haydn, Herbert Blomstedt, Herbert von Karajan, Italo Tajo, Ivo Žídek, Jacek Kaspszyk, John Nelson, Joyce DiDonato, Karel Berman, Karl Böhm, Kaufmann, Kirill Petrenko, La sonnambula, Leif Ove Andsnes, Leoš Janáček, Les Troyens, Libuše Prylová, Litany to the Virgin Mary, Macbeth, Marie-Nicole Lemieux, Mario del Monaco, Marlis Petersen, Martti Talvela, Massimo Palombella, Matthias Klink, Michael Spyres, Missa Papae Marcelli, Nicolas Courjal, Norwegian Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg, Palestrina, Pavol Breslik, Piero Cappuccilli, Plácido Domingo, Prague National Theatre, Premysl Kočí, Querstand, Raina Kabaivanska, Review, Róbert Pechanec, Rudolf Vonásek, Sistine Chapel Choir, Stéphane Degout, Supraphon, Szymanowski, Teatro alla Scala, Tézier, Tristan und Isolde, Věc Makropulos, Victor de Sabata, Vienna State Opera Chorus, Warner Classics, Warsaw Philharmonic, Warsaw Philharmonic Choir, Wiener Staatsopernchor, Wolfgang Windgassen
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