The tradition of the Munich Opera Festival hails back to 1875 when a “Festive Summer” was organised for the first time, a tradition which will also continue under General Manager Serge Dorny. All of ...

It was clear that the Berlin Philharmonic’s future music director, subtle superstar Kirill Petrenko, would not remain music director of the Bavarian State Opera in Munich beyond his recently extended ...

U.S. News Insider Tip: If your Munich visit coincides with the opera’s annual summer festival and you’d like to attend a free live broadcast from the National Theatre/open-air concert at ...

Earlier today it was announced that Kirill Petrenko, the next chief conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic, has renewed his current contract as music director of the Bavarian State Opera by three years ...

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BERLIN — Kent Nagano, the principal conductor of the German Symphony Orchestra in Berlin and of Los Angeles Opera, will take over as musical director of Munich’s Bavarian State Opera in 2006, ...

Whitefish Bay High School graduate Emily Pogorelc returns to sing a leading role in Florentine Opera's "Romeo et Juliette." Florentine Opera has brought Whitefish Bay High School grad Emily Pogorelc ...

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Richard Strauss was born in Munich and lived there, or not far away, much of his life, but he feuded with the staid Münchners for rejecting his first (1893) opera, Guntram. The Munich Opera dropped it ...