Posted September 25, 2014

Posted September 26, 2014

In 2014/15, the Bayerische Staatsoper is presenting its third season of selected performances as live streams free of
charge online with STAATSOPER.TV.

These will also include all the new productions by the General Music Director Kirill
Petrenko. Classical music fans from all over the world can thus follow seven
evenings of opera and two of ballet at the full length, live from Munich. The
first broadcast, on 5 October 2014, will be the audio-visual transmission of
Richard Strauss’ Die schweigsame Frau (The Silent Woman) in Barrie Kosky’s
production, with Brenda Rae and Franz Hawlata in the main roles (conductor:
Pedro Halffter).

The program for the 2014/15 season:

Oct. 5, 2014, 6.00 p.m. (C.E.T.)
Richard Strauss
Die schweigsame Frau (The Silent Woman)
Musical direction: Pedro Halffter
Stage direction: Barrie Kosky
With Brenda Rae, Franz Hawlata, Daniel Behle a.o.

Nov. 1, 2014, 6.00 p.m. (C.E.T.)
Leoš Janácek
The Makropulos Affair
New production
Musical direction: Tomáš Hanus
Stage direction: Árpád Schilling
With Nadja Michael, Pavel Cernoch, Tara Erraught, John Lundgren a.o.

[“Lulu” and “Pelléas” next summer]