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Festive concert at the Cuvilliés Theater
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May 2026  | ||||||
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Program and cast
Mon, Apr 6th 2026 | 20:00
Bach: Adagio from the Easter Oratorio
Mozart: Symphony No. 31 in D major (“Paris”)
Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 (“Pastoral”) — Allegro – “Awakening of cheerful feelings upon arrival in the countryside” — Andante – “Scene by the brook”
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 (“Emperor”)
Chanwon Park – Piano & Residenz-Solisten
Sun, May 3rd 2026 | 20:00
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 41 in C major
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Overture from The Magic Flute
Chaewon Kim – piano
& Residenz-Solisten
Fri, Jun 19th 2026 | 20:00
Verdi: Overture from La Traviata
Chopin: Piano Concerto in F minor
Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night’s Dream – Suite
Schubert: Symphony No. 8 “Unfinished”
Efe Şen – piano
Residenz Soloists
Sat, Jul 18th 2026 | 20:00
Rossini: Overture from La Gazza Ladra (The Thieving Magpie)
Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue
Gershwin: Summertime
Mozart: Piano Concerto KV 449
Dvořák: From the New World Suite
Charles Berofsky – piano
Residenz Soloists
Fri, Sep 18th 2026 | 20:00
Mozart: Overture from Don Giovanni
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C minor “Fate” – Allegro con brio
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major
Dvořák: From the New World – Suite
Residence Soloists
Sun, Oct 25th 2026 | 19:30
Mozart: Piano Concerto in B-flat Major, K. 595
Chopin: Polonaise
Beethoven: Symphony No. 1 in C Major
Grieg: Peer Gynt – Suite
Residenz-Solisten
Sat, Nov 14th 2026 | 19:30
Mozart: Don Giovanni – Overture
Mozart: Symphony No. 38 “Prague”
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3
Dvořák: “From the New World” – Suite
Residenz-Solisten
Wed, Dec 16th 2026 | 19:30
Mozart: Overture from Don Giovanni
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5, “Emperor”
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3, “Eroica”
Fuyin Liu – Piano & Resident Soloists
Sat, Jan 9th 2027 | 19:30
Bellini: Oboenkonzert
Mozart: Symphonie A-Dur KV 201
Dvorak: Suite „Aus der Neuen Welt“
Rossini: Ouvertüre aus „Die Diebische Elster“
Brahms: Ungarischer Tanz Nr. 5
Strauß: “Fledermaus” - Ouvertüre & Schnellpolkas
Strauß: „An der schönen blauen Donau“ – Walzer
Giovanni De Angeli - Oboe & Residenz Solisten
Sun, Jan 10th 2027 | 19:30
Mozart: Ouvertüre aus „Die Zauberflöte“
Mozart: Symphonie Nr. 31 D-Dur „Pariser“
Bellini: Oboenkonzert
Bizet: „Carmen-Suite“
Brahms: UngarischeTänze
Strauß: „Fledermaus“ – Ouvertüre
Strauß: „An der schönen blauen Donau“ – Walzer
Strauß: Schnellpolkas
Giovanni De Angeli - Oboe & Residenz Solisten
Sat, Jan 30th 2027 | 19:30
Schubert: Symphony “Unfinished”
Mozart: “Don Giovanni” Overture
Schubert: Piano Pieces
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3
Rezi Marshania - Piano & Resident Soloists
Cuvillies Theater
In the 18th Century, Munich received its second opera house with the Cuvilliés-Theater, originally called the “Residenztheater”. The Elector of Bavaria, Max III Joseph, gave the commission to the Court Architect Francois Cuvilliés the Elder and, just three years later, on the 12th of October 1753, the splendid German Roccoco theater was opened with Ferrandini’s opera seria Catone in Utica. With its rotating stage and adjustable stalls, which could be set horizontally on festive occasions, the “New Opera House” was a significant technical accomplishment.
Originally, the “New Opera House at the Royal Residence” was only for courtly use; however, when the opera house at Salavtorplatz was forced to close, the Elector of Bavaria decided in 1797 to establish the Cuvilliés-Theater as a Royal and National Theatre, making German opera and theatre accessible to the people.
In 1823, the Cuvilliés-Theater was renovated as a result of damages caused by the fire which burnt down the Nationaltheater in 1817. King Ludwig I decided to shut down the theatre completely in 1831, and from 1834 onwards it was used as a warehouse for the Nationaltheater’s stage sets. As a result of Director Franz von Dingelstedt’s insistence, the theatre was finally reopened in 1857.
More recently, the theatre shut again at the beginning of 1944. In order to keep it safe from bomb attacks during the Second World War, the entire interior was removed and housed in two different locations outside the city. On the 18th March, the external walls of the bare building were destroyed during an air raid. After the war, the new Residenztheater was built on its foundations. The former Cuvilliés-Theater, which had never possessed a facade, was reconstructed in 1957/58 on the Apotheke Floor of the Residenztheater in its original Roccoco style, based on designs taken from the archives of Ecole Bavaroise de l´Architecture.
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