Munich
Germany's most beautiful city is a thriving centre for art and culture with fine museums and galleries and a wonderful opera house. Legendary Bavarian hospitality can be enjoyed in the many excellent restaurants and beer halls. Marienplatz, where the main pedestrianised streets converge, is the undisputed centre of the city.
Many of the city's main attractions are in the immediate vicinity, so sightseeing can easily be done on foot or by hopping on and off trams.
Worth seeing are the 16th-century Michaelskirche, with its imposing barrel-vaulted interior, and the Asamkirche, considered a masterpiece of south German Rococo architecture. The oldest part of the city is the area to the east of Marienplatz, including the Alter Hof (the original royal residence) and the world-famous Hofbräuhaus. The Residenz complex lies to the north.
The wide boulevard and grand palatial architecture of Ludwigstrasse and Leopoldstrasse stretches north of Odeonsplatz to the Siegestor.
The 2020/21 theme is "Point of Inflection".
In his Sonnets to Orpheus, Rainer Maria Rilke describes art as movement, as a process that often ends with the beginning and begins with the end," explains Nikolaus Bachler. Following thirteen years as the Staatsoper’s General Manager, these sentiments conjure up not just the end, but rather and in particular also the ‘point of inflection’. At the core of the season are eleven premieres, including three world premieres and four pieces that celebrated their world premieres in Munich.
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2020 > July 05 | 08 | 11 | 14 2021 > May 16 | 19 | 22
- Surtitles: in English
Conductor
Kirill Petrenko
Staging
Mateja Koležnik
Cast
Bogdan Volkov, Boris Pinkhasovich, Kevin Conners, Wolfgang Koch
No of Acts
Three
Duration
2h
Genre
Comic
Other Information
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NEW PRODUCTION
2021 > June 11 | 13 | 15 | 17 | 18
- Surtitles: in English
Conductor
Patrick Hahn
Staging
Nicolas Brieger
Cast
Daria Proszek, Eliza Boom, Juliana Zara, Sarah Gilford, Yajie Zhang
No of Acts
Duration
Genre
Comic
2020 > June 17 | 20 | 23 2021 > July 07
- Surtitles: in English
Conductor
Pinchas Steinberg
Staging
Peter Konwitschny
Cast
Camilla Nylund, Hans-Peter König, Heike Grötzinger, Wookyung Kim
No of Acts
3
Duration
2h 15m
Genre
Drama
Other Information
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2020 > June 27 | 29 2021 > March 05 | 08 | 11
2020 > July 01 | 04 2021 > April 29 May 02 | 07
- Surtitles: in English
Conductor
Michele Mariotti
Staging
Johannes Erath
Cast
Charles Castronovo, Diana Damrau, Igor Golovatenko, Mika Kares
No of Acts
Four parts
Duration
approx. 2h 15m
Genre
Melodramma
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2020 > July 12 | 15 2021 > July 21 | 24
- Surtitles: in English
Conductor
Adam Fischer
Staging
Amélie Niermeyer
Cast
Claudio Sgura, Dean Power, Galeano Salas, Gregory Kunde
No of Acts
Four
Duration
approx 2h 15m
Genre
Drama
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2020 > July 25m | 29m 2021 > July 29m
- Surtitles: in English
Conductor
Kirill Petrenko
Staging
David Bösch
Cast
Christian Rieger, Christof Fischesser, Kevin Conners, Wolfgang Koch
No of Acts
3
Duration
4h 15m
Genre
Baroque
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2020 > July 26 | 28 2021 > January 31 February 03 | 06 | 09
- Surtitles: in English
Conductor
Andrea Battistoni
Staging
Árpád Schilling
Cast
Joseph Calleja, Rafa? Siwek, Rosa Feola, Simon Keenlyside
No of Acts
Three
Duration
Approx. 2h
Genre
Melodramma
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2020 > July 31 2021 > June 16 | 19 | 22
- Surtitles: in English
Conductor
Hans Abrahamsen
Staging
Cornelius Meister
Cast
Barbara Hannigan, Katarina Dalayman, Rachael Wilson, Thomas Gräßle
No of Acts
Two
Duration
Genre
Fairytale
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2020 > October 24 | 29 November 01 2021 > July 19 | 22
- Surtitles: in English
Conductor
Pinchas Steinberg
Staging
Martin Kušej
Cast
Callum Thorpe, Liudmyla Monastyrska, Mirjam Mesak, Željko Lu?i?
No of Acts
Four
Duration
approx 2h 30m
Genre
Historical Epic
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NEW PRODUCTION
2020 > October 31 November 05 | 08 | 12 | 15m 2021 > July 20
- Surtitles: in English
Conductor
Ingo Metzmacher
Staging
Frank Castorf
Cast
Bálint Szabo, Caroline Wettergreen, Emily Pogorelc, Günter Papendell, Wolfgang Koch
No of Acts
2
Duration
Genre
Comedy Tragic
2021 > January 16 | 19 | 22 | 25
2021 > January 26 | 29 February 01 | 05
NEW PRODUCTION
2021 > February 07 | 10 | 13 | 17 | 22 | 25 July 02 | 05
- Surtitles: in English
Conductor
Antonello Manacorda
Staging
Dmitri Tcherniakov
Cast
Anna Prohaska, Boris Prýgl, Christian Rieger, Golda Schultz, Kyle Ketelsen
No of Acts
3
Duration
2h 30m
Genre
Romantic
2021 > February 14 | 16 | 19 July 10 | 14
2021 > February 28 March 06 | 10 | 13 July 11
- Surtitles: in English
Conductor
Simone Young
Staging
Romeo Castellucci
Cast
Christian Gerhaher, Dean Power, Günther Groissböck, Klaus Florian Vogt
No of Acts
Three
Duration
3h
Genre
Romantic
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2021 > March 17 | 20 | 23 | 26
- Surtitles: in English
Conductor
Antonino Fogliani
Staging
Barbara Wysocka
Cast
Adela Zaharia, Boris Pinkhasovich, Evgeniy Stavinsky, Galeano Salas, Pavol Breslik
No of Acts
3
Duration
2h 30m
Genre
Tragedy
NEW PRODUCTION
2021 > March 18 | 21 | 24 | 28 | 31 April 03
- Surtitles: in English
Conductor
Vladimir Jurowski
Staging
Barrie Kosky
Cast
Christof Fischesser, Johannes Martin Kränzle, Katharina Konradi, Marlis Petersen, Samantha Hankey
No of Acts
3
Duration
3h 15m
Genre
Comic
2021 > March 29 April 01 | 04 | 07
2021 > April 05 | 10 | 13
- Surtitles: in English
Conductor
Omer Meir Wellber
Staging
Antú Romero Nunes
Cast
George Petean, Helena Zubanovich, John Osborn, Malin Byström
No of Acts
Five acts
Duration
approx 3h [incl Act III ballet of 25m]
Genre
Drama
2021 > April 09 | 11 | 15
2021 > April 30 May 05 | 09 | 13
- Surtitles: in English
Conductor
Erik Nielsen
Staging
Robert Carsen
Cast
Andres Agudelo, Benjamin Bruns, Manuel Günther, Martin Gantner, Mirjam Mesak
No of Acts
One [with prologue]
Duration
approx. 2h
Genre
Fantasy & Fables
NEW PRODUCTION
2021 > May 23 | 26 | 30 June 03 | 07
2021 > June 12 | 15 | 20 | 23
NEW PRODUCTION
2021 > June 29 July 04 | 08 | 13 | 31
- Surtitles: in English
Conductor
Kirill Petrenko
Staging
Krzystzof Warlikowski
Cast
Anja Harteros, Jonas Kaufmann, Mika Kares, Sean Michael Plumb, Wolfgang Koch
No of Acts
Three
Duration
approx 3h 45m
Genre
Romantic
2021 > July 12 | 15
- Surtitles: in English
Conductor
Jader Bignamini
Staging
Carlus Padrissa - La Fura dels Baus
Cast
Alexander Tsymbalyuk, Anna Netrebko, Ulrich Reß, Yusif Eyvazov
No of Acts
Three
Duration
approx 1h 45m
Genre
Extreme Emotions
NEW PRODUCTION
2021 > July 19 | 22 | 24 | 26
- Surtitles: in English
Conductor
Constantinos Carydis
Staging
Antú Romero Nunes
Cast
Emily D'Angelo, Hanna-Elisabeth Müller, Martin Mitterrutzner, Matthew Polenzani, Olga Kulchynska
No of Acts
3
Duration
approx. 3h 30m
Genre
Drama