Munich Opera Festival
Festival Programme 2025 - Highlights
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DON GIOVANNI
June - July 2025 - Nationaltheater
June: 27 (7.00 pm), 30 (7.00 pm)
July: 04 (7.00 pm), 06 (7.00pm), 08 (7.00pm)
DETAILS:
Music Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
ARTISTS:
Conductor: Vladimir Jurowski
Director: David Hermann
Cast: Konstantin Krimmel/Christof Fischesser/Vera-Lotte Boecker/Giovanni Sala/Samantha Hankey/Kyle Ketelsen/Avery Amereau/Michael Mofidian
Orchestra & Choir: Bayerisches Staatsorchester/Chorus of the Bayerische Staatsoper
ROMEO AND JULIET
June - July 2025 - Nationaltheater
June: 29 (6.00 pm)
July: 02 (7.30 pm)
DETAILS:
Music Sergej Prokofjew
ARTISTS:
Conductor: David Garforth
Choreography: John Cranko
Cast: Ensemble of the Bayerisches Staatsballett
Orchestra & Choir: Bayerisches Staatsorchester
COSÌ FAN TUTTE
July 2025 - Nationaltheater
July: 05 (7.00 pm)
DETAILS:
Music Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
ARTISTS:
Conductor: Christopher Moulds
Director: Benedict Andrews
Cast: Olga Kulchynska/Avery Amereau/Andrei Zhilikhovsky/Daniel Behle/Sandrine Piau/Johannes Martin Kränzle
Orchestra & Choir: Bayerisches Staatsorchester/Chorus of the Bayerische Staatsoper
CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA / PAGLIACCI
July 2025 - Nationaltheater
July: 09 (7.00 pm), 12 (6.00 pm)
DETAILS:
Music Pietro Mascagni / Ruggero Leoncavallo
ARTISTS:
Conductor: Andrea Battistoni
Director: Francesco Micheli
Cast: Ekaterina Semenchuk/ Vittorio Grigolo/ Rosalind Plowright/ Wolfgang Koch/ Rihab Chaieb/ Ailyn Pérez/ Jonas Kaufmann/ Wolfgang Koch/ Granit Musliu/ Christian Rieger/ Andrzej Filończyk
Orchestra & Choir: Bayerisches Staatsorchester/Chorus of the Bayerische Staatsoper
DIDO AND AENEAS ... ERWARTUNG
July 2025 - Nationaltheater
July: 13 (7.00 pm), 16 (7.00 pm)
DETAILS:
Music Henry Purcell / Arnold Schönberg
ARTISTS:
Conductor: Valentin Uryupin
Director: Krzysztof Warlikowski
Cast: Sonya Yoncheva/ Günter Papendell/ Erika Baikoff/ Rinat Shaham/ John Holiday/ Elmira Karakhanova
Orchestra & Choir: Bayerisches Staatsorchester/Chorus of the Bayerische Staatsoper
ONEGIN
July 2025 - Nationaltheater
July: 15 (7.30 pm)
DETAILS:
Music Pjotr I Tchaikovsky
ARTISTS:
Conductor: Myron Romanul
Choreography: John Cranko
Cast: Ensemble of the Bayerisches Staatsballett
Orchestra & Choir: Bayerisches Staatsorchester
FESTIVAL SONG RECITAL PIOTR BECZALA
July 2025 - Nationaltheater
July: 18 (8.00 pm)
DETAILS:
Music TBA
ARTISTS:
Piano: Helmut Deutsch
Cast: Piotr Beczała
RUSALKA
July 2025 - Nationaltheater
July: 25 (7.00 pm), 29 (7.00 pm)
DETAILS:
Music Antonín Dvorák
ARTISTS:
Conductor: Edward Gardner
Director: Martin Kušej
Cast: Pavol Breslik/Elena Guseva/Asmik Grigorian/Christof Fischesser/Okka von der Damerau/Tansel Akzeybek/Ekaterine Buachidze/Mirjam Mesak/Arnheidur Eiríksdóttir/Natalie Lewis/Vitor Bispo
Orchestra & Choir: Bayerisches Staatsorchester/Chorus of the Bayerische Staatsoper
LOHENGRIN
July 2025 - Nationaltheater
July: 27 (5.00 pm), 30 (6.00 pm)
DETAILS:
Music Richard Wagner
ARTISTS:
Conductor: Sebastian Weigle
Director: Kornél Mundruczó
Cast: René Pape/Piotr Beczała/Rachel Willis-Sørensen/Wolfgang Koch/Anja Kampe/Kostas Smoriginas
Orchestra & Choir: Bayerisches Staatsorchester/Chorus of the Bayerische Staatsoper
LA FILLE DU RÉGIMENT
June - July 2025 - Nationaltheater
June: 28(7.00 pm)
July: 01(7.00pm)
DETAILS:
Music Gaetano Donizetti
ARTISTS:
Conductor: Stefano Montanari
Director: Damiano Michieletto
Cast: Lisette Oropesa/Susan Graham/Lawrence Brownlee/Misha Kiria/Martin Snell/Christian Rieger/Dafydd Jones
Orchestra & Choir: Bayerisches Staatsorchester/ Chorus of the Bayerische Staatsoper
LE NOZZE DI FIGARO
July 2025 - Nationaltheater
July: 03(7.00 pm), 14(4.00pm), 17(7.00pm)
DETAILS:
Music Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
ARTISTS:
Conductor: Susanna Mälkki
Director: Evgeny Titov
Cast: Davide Luciano/Maria Bengtsson/Julie Fuchs/Philippe Sly/Emily D'Angelo/Dorothea Röschmann/Willard White/Tansel Akzeybek/Kevin Conners/Eirin Rognerud/Martin Snell/Ekaterine Buachidze/Seonwoo Lee
Orchestra & Choir: Bayerisches Staatsorchester/ Chorus of the Bayerische Staatsoper
KÁŤA KABANOVÁ
July 2025 - Nationaltheater
July: 07(7.00 pm)
DETAILS:
Music Leos Janácek
ARTISTS:
Conductor: Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla
Director: Krzysztof Warlikowski
Cast: Milan Siljanov/Pavel Černoch/Violeta Urmana/John Daszak/Corinne Winters/James Ley/Rachael Wilson/Thomas Mole/Ekaterine Buachidze/Elene Gvritishvili
Orchestra & Choir: Bayerisches Staatsorchester/ Chorus of the Bayerische Staatsoper
LA SYLPHIDE
July 2025 - Nationaltheater
July: 11(7.30 pm)
DETAILS:
Music Jean-Madeleine Schneitzhoeffer/Ludwig Wilhelm Maurer
ARTISTS:
Conductor: Myron Romanul
Choreography: Pierre Lacotte
Cast: Ensemble of the Bayerisches Staatsballett
Orchestra & Choir: Bayerisches Staatsorchester
FESTIVAL SONG RECITAL DIANA DAMRAU
July 2025 - Nationaltheater
July: 14 (7.00 pm)
DETAILS:
Music TBA
ARTISTS:
Piano: Helmut Deutsch
Cast: Diana Damrau
I MASNADIERI
July 2025 - Nationaltheater
July: 17(7.00 pm), 20(6.00 pm)
DETAILS:
Music Giuseppe Verdi
ARTISTS:
Conductor: Antonino Fogliani
Director: Johannes Erath
Cast: Erwin Schrott/Charles Castronovo/George Petean/Lisette Oropesa/Kevin Conners/Roman Chabaranok/Tansel Akzeybek
Orchestra & Choir: Bayerisches Staatsorchester/Chorus of the Bayerische Staatsoper
