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Dialogues des Carmélites: Première on March 28

Over fifty years after the world première at La Scala Milan, Francis Poulenc’s opera can now finally also be seen on the stage of the Bavarian State Opera. On the podium: Kent Nagano. more

Première Multiplicity. Forms of Silence and Emptiness on December 23

The Bavarian State Ballet presents a work by the Spanish choreographer Nacho Duato to music by Johann Sebastian Bach. more

Program “Pavillon 21 MINI Opera Space”

At the 2010 Munich Opera Festival, the Bavarian State Opera will inaugurate a new temporary performance venue on Marstallplatz. The architects at COOP HIMMELB(L)AU have designed a mobile and flexible playing area for this venture. more

Newly released SACD: Zubin Mehta conducts Gustav Mahler

The live recording of a concert on December 15th and 16th 2008 documents the maestro's moving reunion with "his" State orchestra, as well as a great moment in music. more