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Le Grand Macabre-Munich Opera Festival
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Premiere at 28. June 2024
Composer György Ligeti. Libretto by György Ligeti and Michael Meschke, based on the play La balade du Grand Macabre by Michel de Ghelderode.
Opera in two acts (1978)
recommended for age 14 and older
In English language. With German and English surtitles.. New Production.
Introductions for Le Grand Macabre will be held on Jun. 28 and on Jul. 1, 4, and 7, one hour prior to curtain in the 1st tier anteroom to the royal box.
Please note: Limited seating available, duration approx. 20 min
About
The team surrounding director Krzysztof Warlikowski share a long-standing successful collaboration, which has taken them to all of Europe’s grandest opera houses, including the Bayerische Staatsoper in several stagings. Dido and Aneas most recently brought the team here in the same configuration ... Anticipation on the stage. Le Grand Macabre is the eighth staging at the Nationaltheater after Tristan and Isolde, Salome, DieFrau ohne Schatten, Die Gezeichneten, Eugen Onegin and Kabaret Warszawski.For Le Grand Macabre Małgorzata Szczęśniak once again designs the stage and costumes, as she has for all Warlikowski productions since 1992. Felice Ross has been responsible for the lighting design for the team’s opera productions for 20 years now. Kamil Polak, 2008 Oscar winner in the “Best Short Animation” category, designs the videos. Dancer and actor Claude Bardouil takes on the choreography. Christian Longchamp is responsible for dramaturgy. Kent Nagano, former General Music Director of the Bayerische Staatsoper, conducts.
Program and cast
Conductor: Kent Nagano
Production: Krzysztof Warlikowski
Set Design: Małgorzata Szczęśniak
Lighting: Felice Ross
Video: Kamil Polak
Choreography: Claude Bardouil
Choruses: Christoph Heil
Dramaturgy: Christian Longchamp, Olaf Roth
Chief of the Secret Political Police (Gepopo): Sarah Aristidou
Venus: Sarah Aristidou
Amanda: Seonwoo Lee
Amando: Avery Amereau
Go-Go: John Holiday
Astradamors: Brindley Sherratt
Mescalina: Lindsay Ammann
Piet-vom-Fass: Benjamin Bruns
Nekrotzar: Michael Nagy
Ruffiak: Andrew Hamilton
Schobiak: Thomas Mole
Schabernack: Nikita Volkov
White Minister: Kevin Conners
Black Minister: Bálint Szabó
Bayerisches Staatsorchester
Chorus of the Bayerische Staatsoper
National Theatre Munich
The National Theatre Munich (German: Nationaltheater München) is an opera house in Max-Joseph-Platz in Munich, Germany. It is the home of the Bavarian State Opera and the Bayerisches Staatsballett(Bavarian State Ballet).
The Bavarian State Opera also performs in the Prinzregententheater, which opened in 1901 and, like the Bayreuth Festspielhaus, is built to Richard Wagner's specifications, and in the Cuvilliés Theatre at the Residenz, constructed in 1751–1753 and described by Thierry Beauvert as "a Rococo gem".
The Nationaltheater is very easy to get to both by car and by MVV public transportation.
By MVV public transportation
S-Bahn: S 1 - 8 Marienplatz
U-Bahn: U 3, 6 Marienplatz, U 3 - 6 Odeonsplatz
Bus: 52, 131 Marienplatz, 100 Odeonsplatz
Straßenbahn: 19 Nationaltheater
On the day of the performance, holders of regular tickets are entitled to use public transport provided by the Münchner Verkehrsverbund (MVV). This service starts at 3 pm respectively three hours before the performance commences and ends with the closing hour of the MVV.
By Car
Take the Altstadt-Ring to Maximilianstraße.
Parking garage Max-Joseph-Platz: open Monday to Sunday from 6:00 A.M. to 2:00 A.M.
You can take advantage of the special theatre parking fee of Euro 10,- from 6:00 P.M. to 8:00 A.M. by presenting your admission tickets.
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