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Bavarian State Opera

December 07, 2023

The Bavarian State Opera (German: Bayerische Staatsoper) is a German opera company based in Munich. Its main venue is the Nationaltheater München, and its orchestra the Bavarian State Orchestra.

Bayerische Staatsoper
Bavarian State Opera
Formation1653
Location
Serge Dorny
Websitewww.bayerische.staatsoper.de

History edit

 
Nationaltheater München, interior

The parent ensemble of the company was founded in 1653, under Electress consort Princess Henriette Adelaide of Savoy, when Giovanni Battista Maccioni's L'arpa festante was performed in the court theatre.[1] In 1753, the Residence Theatre (Cuvilliés Theatre) was opened as a major stage.[2] While opera performances were also held in the Prinzregententheater (completed in 1901),[3] the company's home base is the Nationaltheater München on Max-Joseph-Platz.[4]

In 1875, the Munich Opera Festival took place for the first time. Sir Peter Jonas became the general manager in 1993,[5] the first British general manager of any major German-speaking opera house. In 2008, Nikolaus Bachler became Intendant (general manager) of the opera company, and Kirill Petrenko became Generalmusikdirektor (GMD) in 2013. In 2014, the Bavarian State Opera received the Opernhaus des Jahres (opera house of the year) award from Opernwelt magazine.[6] In October 2015, the company announced the extensions of the contracts of Bachler and of Petrenko through August 2021.[7][8] Both Bachler and Petrenko stood down from their respective posts at the close of the 2020–2021 season.[9]

In March 2018, the company announced the appointments of Serge Dorny [de] as its next general manager, and of Vladimir Jurowski as its next Generalmusikdirektor, both effective with the 2021–2022 season.[10] It received the "Opera Company of the Year" award at the 2018 and 2023 International Opera Awards.[11][12]

Intendant edit

Generalmusikdirektor edit

World premieres edit

Date Opera Composer Libretto Location
2 October 1753 Catone in Utica Ferrandini Metastasio Residence Theatre
13 January 1775 La finta giardiniera Mozart Giuseppe Petrosellini(?) Salvator Theatre
29 January 1781 Idomeneo Mozart Giambattista Varesco Residence Theatre
1 February 1782 Semiramide Salieri Metastasio Residence Theatre
27 January 1807 Iphigenie in Aulis Franz Danzi Karl Reger Residence Theatre
4 June 1811 Abu Hassan Weber Franz Carl Hiemer Residence Theatre
23 December 1812 Jephtas Gelübde Meyerbeer Aloys Schreiber Residence Theatre
10 June 1865 Tristan und Isolde Wagner Wagner National Theatre
21 June 1868 Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg Wagner Wagner National Theatre
22 September 1869 Das Rheingold Wagner Wagner National Theatre
26 June 1870 Die Walküre Wagner Wagner National Theatre
29 June 1888 Die Feen Wagner Wagner National Theatre
23 January 1897 Königskinder (Melodrama) Humperdinck Elsa Bernstein National Theatre
10 October 1897 Sarema Alexander von Zemlinsky Alexander and Adolf von Zemlinsky, Arnold Schönberg National Theatre
22 January 1899 Der Bärenhäuter Siegfried Wagner Siegfried Wagner National Theatre
27 November 1903 Le donne curiose Wolf-Ferrari Luigi Sugana (German by Hermann Teibler) Residence Theatre
19 March 1906 I quatro rusteghi Wolf-Ferrari Giuseppe Pizzolato (German by Hermann Teibler) National Theatre
11 December 1906 Das Christ-Elflein Hans Pfitzner Pfitzner and Ilse von Stach National Theatre
4 December 1909 Il segreto di Susanna Wolf-Ferrari Enrico Golisciani (German by Max Kalbeck) National Theatre
28 March 1916 Der Ring des Polykrates / Violanta Korngold Leo Feld and Julius Korngold / Hans Müller-Einigen National Theatre
12 June 1917 Palestrina Hans Pfitzner Pfitzner Prinzregententheater
30 November 1920 Die Vögel Walter Braunfels Braunfels (play by Aristophanes) National Theatre
24 July 1938 Friedenstag Richard Strauss Joseph Gregor and Stefan Zweig National Theatre
5 February 1939 Der Mond Carl Orff Orff National Theatre
28 October 1942 Capriccio Richard Strauss Strauss and Clemens Krauss National Theatre
11 August 1957 Die Harmonie der Welt Paul Hindemith Hindemith Prinzregententheater
9 July 1978 Lear Aribert Reimann Claus H. Henneberg National Theatre
6 July 1991 Ubu Rex Penderecki Penderecki and Jerzy Jarocki (play by Alfred Jarry) National Theatre
17 July 2003 Das Gesicht im Spiegel Jörg Widmann Roland Schimmelpfennig Cuvilliés Theatre
30 June 2007 Alice in Wonderland Unsuk Chin David Henry Hwang National Theatre
22 February 2010 Die Tragödie des Teufels Peter Eötvös Albert Ostermaier National Theatre
27 October 2012 Babylon Jörg Widmann Peter Sloterdijk National Theatre

Recordings edit

Bavarian State Opera has issued numerous recordings under record labels such as Deutsche Grammophon. In May 2021, it launched its own recording label, Bayerische Staatsoper Recordings (BSOrec).[13]

Among the company's noted recordings are the 1989 video recording of Wagners' Der Ring des Nibelungen at the Bayreuth Festival conducted by Wolfgang Sawallisch, which won Best Video in the 1993 Gramophone Classical Music Awards.[14] The 1973 recording of Richard Strauss's Der Rosenkavalier, conducted by Carlos Kleiber and released in 2008, was highly acclaimed and selected as Editor's Choice in the April 2009 issue of Gramophone Magazine.[15]

At International Opera Awards, the Bayerische Staatsoper won the 2018 the Opera Company Award.[16] Their recording of Handel's Agrippina, directed by Barrie Kosky from the Royal Opera House, has been shortlisted for the 2018 Opera Awards. [17]

In 1977, a recording by the Bavarian State Opera was selected by NASA to be included on the Voyager Golden Record, a gold-plated copper record that was sent into space on the Voyager space craft. The record contained sounds and images which had been selected as examples of the diversity of life and culture on Earth. In the recording, soprano Edda Moser sings "Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen" from Mozart's opera, The Magic Flute, conducted by Sawallisch.[18][19][20]

References edit

  1. ^ Warrack, John (2001). German Opera: From the Beginnings to Wagner, pp. 27–28. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-23532-4
  2. ^ Brug, Manuel (16 June 2008). "München hat ein neues Rokoko-Prachtstück". Die Welt (in German). Hamburg. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
  3. ^ Frank, Werner (10 March 2001). "Klein-Bayreuth an der Isar". Die Welt (in German). Hamburg. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
  4. ^ Schönbauer, Sina (15 June 2016). "Die Bayerische Staatsoper ist die drittgrößte Bühne Europas". Focus (in German). Retrieved 7 September 2017.
  5. ^ Spahn, Claus (19 November 1993). "Die Droge Oper". Die Zeit (in German). Hamburg. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
  6. ^ "Bayerische Staatsoper ist Opernhaus des Jahres". Die Welt (Press release). Munich. dpa. 30 September 2014. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
  7. ^ (Press release). Bavarian State Opera. 13 October 2015. Archived from the original on 13 December 2017. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
  8. ^ Matthias Wulff (13 October 2015). "Kirill Petrenko kommt später als erwartet nach Berlin". Berliner Morgenpost. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
  9. ^ Joshua Barone (7 July 2021). "The 'Prince of Opera' Bids Munich Farewell". The New York Times. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
  10. ^ Michael Cooper (6 March 2018). "An Opera Powerhouse, Munich, Picks Its Next Leaders". The New York Times. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
  11. ^ "Winners 2018". International Opera Awards. Retrieved 9 October 2023.
  12. ^ "Winners 2023". International Opera Awards. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
  13. ^ "Recordings". Bayerische Staatsoper. Bayerische Staatsoper. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  14. ^ "Wagner Der Ring des Nibelungen". Gramophone. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  15. ^ "Strauss, R: Der Rosenkavalier". Presto Classical. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  16. ^ "2018". Opera Awards. 29 January 2018. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  17. ^ "2020". Opera Awards. 5 February 2020. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  18. ^ "Voyager – Music on the Golden Record". voyager.jpl.nasa.gov. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  19. ^ "Late Junction: The songs they sent to space". www.bbc.co.uk. BBC Radio 3. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  20. ^ Sagan, Carl (2 April 2013). Murmurs of Earth. Random House Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-307-80202-6.

External links edit

  • Official website
  • Bayerisches Staatsorchester history
  • Bayerisches Staatsorchester at the Bach Cantatas Website

December 07, 2023
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The Bavarian State Opera German Bayerische Staatsoper is a German opera company based in Munich Its main venue is the Nationaltheater Munchen and its orchestra the Bavarian State Orchestra Bayerische StaatsoperBavarian State OperaNationaltheater MunchenFormation1653LocationMunich Bavaria GermanyIntendantSerge DornyWebsitewww wbr bayerische wbr staatsoper wbr de Contents 1 History 2 Intendant 3 Generalmusikdirektor 4 World premieres 5 Recordings 6 References 7 External linksHistory edit nbsp Nationaltheater Munchen interiorThe parent ensemble of the company was founded in 1653 under Electress consort Princess Henriette Adelaide of Savoy when Giovanni Battista Maccioni s L arpa festante was performed in the court theatre 1 In 1753 the Residence Theatre Cuvillies Theatre was opened as a major stage 2 While opera performances were also held in the Prinzregententheater completed in 1901 3 the company s home base is the Nationaltheater Munchen on Max Joseph Platz 4 In 1875 the Munich Opera Festival took place for the first time Sir Peter Jonas became the general manager in 1993 5 the first British general manager of any major German speaking opera house In 2008 Nikolaus Bachler became Intendant general manager of the opera company and Kirill Petrenko became Generalmusikdirektor GMD in 2013 In 2014 the Bavarian State Opera received the Opernhaus des Jahres opera house of the year award from Opernwelt magazine 6 In October 2015 the company announced the extensions of the contracts of Bachler and of Petrenko through August 2021 7 8 Both Bachler and Petrenko stood down from their respective posts at the close of the 2020 2021 season 9 In March 2018 the company announced the appointments of Serge Dorny de as its next general manager and of Vladimir Jurowski as its next Generalmusikdirektor both effective with the 2021 2022 season 10 It received the Opera Company of the Year award at the 2018 and 2023 International Opera Awards 11 12 Intendant editJohann Nepomuk von Poissl 1824 1848 Karl Theodor von Kustner de 1848 1851 Franz von Dingelstedt 1851 1858 Karl von Perfall de 1868 1893 Ernst von Possart 1895 1906 Albert von Speidel 1907 1912 Clemens von Franckenstein 1912 1918 Karl Zeiss de 1918 1924 Clemens von Franckenstein 1924 1934 Hans Knappertsbusch 1934 1935 Oskar Walleck 1935 1937 Clemens Krauss 1937 1940 Georg Hartmann de 1945 1952 Rudolf Hartmann de 1952 1967 Gunther Rennert 1967 1976 August Everding 1977 1982 Wolfgang Sawallisch 1982 1993 Peter Jonas 1993 2006 Kent Nagano 2006 2008 Nikolaus Bachler 2008 2021 Serge Dorny de 2021 present Generalmusikdirektor editFranz Lachner 1836 1867 Hans von Bulow 1864 1869 Franz Wullner 1870 1877 Hermann Levi 1872 1896 Richard Strauss 1894 1896 Max Erdmannsdorfer 1896 1898 Bernhard Stavenhagen 1898 1902 Hermann Zumpe 1901 1903 Felix Mottl 1904 1911 Bruno Walter 1913 1922 Hans Knappertsbusch 1922 1935 Clemens Krauss 1937 1944 Hans Knappertsbusch 1945 Georg Solti 1946 1952 Rudolf Kempe 1952 1954 Ferenc Fricsay 1956 1958 Joseph Keilberth 1959 1968 Wolfgang Sawallisch 1971 1992 Peter Schneider interim 1992 1998 Zubin Mehta 1998 2006 Kent Nagano 2006 2013 Kirill Petrenko 2013 2021 Vladimir Jurowski 2021 present World premieres editDate Opera Composer Libretto Location2 October 1753 Catone in Utica Ferrandini Metastasio Residence Theatre13 January 1775 La finta giardiniera Mozart Giuseppe Petrosellini Salvator Theatre29 January 1781 Idomeneo Mozart Giambattista Varesco Residence Theatre1 February 1782 Semiramide Salieri Metastasio Residence Theatre27 January 1807 Iphigenie in Aulis Franz Danzi Karl Reger Residence Theatre4 June 1811 Abu Hassan Weber Franz Carl Hiemer Residence Theatre23 December 1812 Jephtas Gelubde Meyerbeer Aloys Schreiber Residence Theatre10 June 1865 Tristan und Isolde Wagner Wagner National Theatre21 June 1868 Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg Wagner Wagner National Theatre22 September 1869 Das Rheingold Wagner Wagner National Theatre26 June 1870 Die Walkure Wagner Wagner National Theatre29 June 1888 Die Feen Wagner Wagner National Theatre23 January 1897 Konigskinder Melodrama Humperdinck Elsa Bernstein National Theatre10 October 1897 Sarema Alexander von Zemlinsky Alexander and Adolf von Zemlinsky Arnold Schonberg National Theatre22 January 1899 Der Barenhauter Siegfried Wagner Siegfried Wagner National Theatre27 November 1903 Le donne curiose Wolf Ferrari Luigi Sugana German by Hermann Teibler Residence Theatre19 March 1906 I quatro rusteghi Wolf Ferrari Giuseppe Pizzolato German by Hermann Teibler National Theatre11 December 1906 Das Christ Elflein Hans Pfitzner Pfitzner and Ilse von Stach National Theatre4 December 1909 Il segreto di Susanna Wolf Ferrari Enrico Golisciani German by Max Kalbeck National Theatre28 March 1916 Der Ring des Polykrates Violanta Korngold Leo Feld and Julius Korngold Hans Muller Einigen National Theatre12 June 1917 Palestrina Hans Pfitzner Pfitzner Prinzregententheater30 November 1920 Die Vogel Walter Braunfels Braunfels play by Aristophanes National Theatre24 July 1938 Friedenstag Richard Strauss Joseph Gregor and Stefan Zweig National Theatre5 February 1939 Der Mond Carl Orff Orff National Theatre28 October 1942 Capriccio Richard Strauss Strauss and Clemens Krauss National Theatre11 August 1957 Die Harmonie der Welt Paul Hindemith Hindemith Prinzregententheater9 July 1978 Lear Aribert Reimann Claus H Henneberg National Theatre6 July 1991 Ubu Rex Penderecki Penderecki and Jerzy Jarocki play by Alfred Jarry National Theatre17 July 2003 Das Gesicht im Spiegel Jorg Widmann Roland Schimmelpfennig Cuvillies Theatre30 June 2007 Alice in Wonderland Unsuk Chin David Henry Hwang National Theatre22 February 2010 Die Tragodie des Teufels Peter Eotvos Albert Ostermaier National Theatre27 October 2012 Babylon Jorg Widmann Peter Sloterdijk National TheatreRecordings editBavarian State Opera has issued numerous recordings under record labels such as Deutsche Grammophon In May 2021 it launched its own recording label Bayerische Staatsoper Recordings BSOrec 13 Among the company s noted recordings are the 1989 video recording of Wagners Der Ring des Nibelungen at the Bayreuth Festival conducted by Wolfgang Sawallisch which won Best Video in the 1993 Gramophone Classical Music Awards 14 The 1973 recording of Richard Strauss s Der Rosenkavalier conducted by Carlos Kleiber and released in 2008 was highly acclaimed and selected as Editor s Choice in the April 2009 issue of Gramophone Magazine 15 At International Opera Awards the Bayerische Staatsoper won the 2018 the Opera Company Award 16 Their recording of Handel s Agrippina directed by Barrie Kosky from the Royal Opera House has been shortlisted for the 2018 Opera Awards 17 In 1977 a recording by the Bavarian State Opera was selected by NASA to be included on the Voyager Golden Record a gold plated copper record that was sent into space on the Voyager space craft The record contained sounds and images which had been selected as examples of the diversity of life and culture on Earth In the recording soprano Edda Moser sings Der Holle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen from Mozart s opera The Magic Flute conducted by Sawallisch 18 19 20 References edit Warrack John 2001 German Opera From the Beginnings to Wagner pp 27 28 Cambridge University Press ISBN 0 521 23532 4 Brug Manuel 16 June 2008 Munchen hat ein neues Rokoko Prachtstuck Die Welt in German Hamburg Retrieved 7 September 2017 Frank Werner 10 March 2001 Klein Bayreuth an der Isar Die Welt in German Hamburg Retrieved 7 September 2017 Schonbauer Sina 15 June 2016 Die Bayerische Staatsoper ist die drittgrosste Buhne Europas Focus in German Retrieved 7 September 2017 Spahn Claus 19 November 1993 Die Droge Oper Die Zeit in German Hamburg Retrieved 7 September 2017 Bayerische Staatsoper ist Opernhaus des Jahres Die Welt Press release Munich dpa 30 September 2014 Retrieved 6 September 2017 Kirill Petrenko und Nikolaus Bachler verlangern ihre Vertrage Press release Bavarian State Opera 13 October 2015 Archived from the original on 13 December 2017 Retrieved 14 October 2015 Matthias Wulff 13 October 2015 Kirill Petrenko kommt spater als erwartet nach Berlin Berliner Morgenpost Retrieved 14 October 2015 Joshua Barone 7 July 2021 The Prince of Opera Bids Munich Farewell The New York Times Retrieved 12 July 2021 Michael Cooper 6 March 2018 An Opera Powerhouse Munich Picks Its Next Leaders The New York Times Retrieved 7 March 2018 Winners 2018 International Opera Awards Retrieved 9 October 2023 Winners 2023 International Opera Awards Retrieved 26 November 2023 Recordings Bayerische Staatsoper Bayerische Staatsoper Retrieved 4 May 2021 Wagner Der Ring des Nibelungen Gramophone Retrieved 4 May 2021 Strauss R Der Rosenkavalier Presto Classical Retrieved 4 May 2021 2018 Opera Awards 29 January 2018 Retrieved 4 May 2021 2020 Opera Awards 5 February 2020 Retrieved 4 May 2021 Voyager Music on the Golden Record voyager jpl nasa gov Retrieved 4 May 2021 Late Junction The songs they sent to space www bbc co uk BBC Radio 3 Retrieved 4 May 2021 Sagan Carl 2 April 2013 Murmurs of Earth Random House Publishing Group ISBN 978 0 307 80202 6 External links editOfficial website Bayerisches Staatsorchester history Bayerisches Staatsorchester at the Bach Cantatas Website Portal nbsp Opera Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Bavarian State Opera amp oldid 1187005080, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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