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The Bavarian State Opera (Bayerische Staatsoper) in Munich, Germany, has announced a performance lineup for the 2020/2021 season.

There are eight new productions. Includes the world premiere of Luca Francesconi’s “Timon of Athens” and Miroslav Srnka’s “Singularity.”

Francesconi is an Italian composer born in 1956. Srnka is a Czech composer born in 1975. Surnka’s opera “South Pole” was premiered in 2016 at the Bavarian State Opera.

Walter Brauenfels (1882-1954) was a German composer from Frankfurt, and was regarded as one of Germany’s leading opera composers along with Richard Strauss and Franz Schreker in the 1920s.

However, because of his Jewish descent, he was displaced from public office by the Nazi Germany in 1933, and his music was branded “Entartete Musik.”

“The Birds” is one of his masterpieces and the third opera. This work was premiered in Munich under the Baton of Bruno Walter in 1920.

The 2020/2021 season is the last season for the combination of Nikolaus Bachler, who has led the theater since the 2008/2009 season, and Kirill Petrenko, the music director.

From the 2021/2022 season, Serge Dorny will be appointed general director and Vladimir Jurowsky will be appointed general music director.

For German items, Richard Strauss “The knight of the Rose” and Wagner “Tristan and Isolde” will be newly produced. The former is directed by Barrie Kosky and the latter by Krzysztof Warlikowski.


Walter Brauenfels “The Birds”
Nov.31 →
CONDUCTOR：Ingo Metzmacher
PRODUCTION：Frank Castorf
CAST：Charles Workman　/　Caroline Wettergreen　/　Michael Nagy　/　Wolfgang Koch

Luca Francesconi “Timon of Athens” = world premiere
Dec.29 →
CONDUCTOR：Kent Nagano
PRODUCTION：Andreas Kriegenburg
CAST：Toby Spence　/　Jochen Kupfer　/　Adrian Angelico　/　Nikolai Schukoff

Weber “Der Freischütz”
Feb.7, 2021 →
CONDUCTOR：Antonello Manacorda
PRODUCTION：Dmitri Tcherniakov
CAST：Golda Schultz　/　Pavel Cernoch　/　Anna Prohaska　/　Kyle Ketelsen

R. Strauss “The knight of the Rose”
Mar.13, 2021 →
CONDUCTOR：Vladimir Jurowski
PRODUCTION：Barrie Kosky
CAST：Marlis Petersen　/　Christof Fischesser　/　Samantha Hankey　/　Katharina Konradi

Aribert Reimann “Lear”
May.23, 2021 →
CONDUCTOR：Jukka-Pekka Saraste
PRODUCTION：Christoph Marthaler
CAST：Christian Gerhaher　/　Hanna-Elisabeth Müller　/　Angela Denoke　/　Ausrine Stundyte

Miroslav Srnka “Singularity” = world premiere
Jun.11, 2021 →
CAST：Opera Studio soloists

Wagner “Tristan and Isolde”　＊Performed at the Munich Opera Festival
Jun.29, 2021 →
CONDUCTOR：Kirill Petrenko
PRODUCTION：Krzysztof Warlikowski
CAST：Jonas Kaufmann　/　Anja Harteros　/　Mika Kares　/　Wolfgang Koch　/　Okka von der Damerau

Mozart “Idomeneo”　＊Performed at the Munich Opera Festival
Jul.19, 2021 →
CONDUCTOR：Constantinos Carydis
PRODUCTION：Antú Romero Nunes
CAST：Matthew Polenzani　/　Olga Kulchynska　/　Emily D´Angelo　/　Hanna-Elisabeth Müller

Photo：Bayerische Staatsoper　/　Wilfried Hösl


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