Bayerische Staatsoper Movie Trailers

Semiramide - Bayerische Staatsoper Trailer (2017)

26 February 2017

Queen Semiramide is haunted by the ghosts of her past. Together with her lover Assur, she once murdered her husband King Nino; a deed which ever since has weighed heavily upon her.

The Magic Flute Trailer (1983)

02 July 1983

The Queen of the Night enlists a handsome prince named Tamino to rescue her beautiful kidnapped daughter, Princess Pamina.

Wagner: Tannhäuser Trailer (1994)

01 January 1994

David Alden's production of Wagner's grand romantic opera was recorded at the National Theatre in Munich, with Bayerische Staatsoper, in September 1994.

Der Fliegende Holländer Trailer (1975)

01 January 1975

This vivid film of Wagner's romatic opera succeeds in conveying what has famously been called "the wind that blows out at you whenever you open the score", including Daland's boat anchoring against the Sandwike cliffs, the red-sailed phantom ship, and the ghost crew rising from the dead.

Die Entführung aus dem Serail Trailer (1980)

05 May 1980

Production of Mozart's opera about the Spanish nobleman who seeks to rescue his beloved Konstanze from the hands of the Pasha.

Norma Trailer (2007)

02 January 2007

This new production of Bellinis Norma by Jürgen Rose (sets, costumes, stage direction, and lighting) to honor Edita Gruberovas first staged assumption of the title role was taped in January and February of 2006 in Munich.

Pfitzner: Palestrina Trailer (2009)

14 July 2009

Requiring 38 soloists, chorus, and large orchestra, Hans Pfitzner's "Palestrina" is a challenging opera to stage.

7 Deaths of Maria Callas Trailer (2022)

24 July 2022

A meditation on the female body as a source of both power and pain that focuses on the tragic figure of renowned American-Greek opera singer Maria Callas (1923-77), whose stunning soprano voice captivated audiences around the world in the mid-20th century while her life was wracked by scandal and personal suffering.

Hoffmanns Erzählungen Trailer (2011)

30 October 2011

Live performance, Bayerische Staatsoper, 2011. The Tales of Hoffmann (French: LES CONTES D'HOFFMANN) is an opéra fantastique by Jacques Offenbach that combines three short stories by E.

Dvorak: Rusalka Trailer (2012)

27 March 2012

A legend of mermaids, mere mortals, and sylvan glades. Be transported to a mystical world of water sprites, witches, and wood nymphs.

Verdi: Un Ballo in Maschera Trailer (2017)

01 January 2017

Recorded at Bayerische Staatsoper on March 3-9, 2016.

Der Prinz von Homburg Trailer (1994)

09 June 1994

Adaptation of "Der Prinz von Homburg"; recorded at the Bavarian State Opera.

Così fan tutte Trailer (2022)

26 October 2022

Nothing is for forever. And people make mistakes. And yet, letting go is the hardest challenge when you're burning with love for the first time and want nothing more than to hold on to it forever.

Oberon Trailer (2017)

30 July 2017

Production of the Munich Opera Festival 2017. The plot of Carl Maria von Weber's romantic fairy opera, which premiered at London's Covent Garden in 1826, is quite astonishing: after the fairy king Oberon has fallen out with his wife Titania, it is humans of all people who are supposed to make things right.

Abrahamsen: The Snow Queen Trailer (2022)

14 January 2022

The Snow Queen is Hans Abrahamsen's first opera, composed to a self-penned libretto, based on Hans Christian Andersen's eponymous fairy tale.

Korngold: Die tote Stadt Trailer (2019)

01 December 2019

Erich Wolfgang Korngold's "Die tote Stadt" in a Bayerische Staatsoper production from 2019, directed by Simon Stone.

Wagner - Lohengrin Trailer (2009)

26 December 2009

Wagner's Lohengrin is the mythical tale of the mysterious Knight of the Grail, who appears to defend the princess Elsa - wrongly accused of the murder of her brother.

Ratmansky: Tchaikovsky Overtures Trailer (2022)

01 December 2022

In the 2022/23 season, Alexei Ratmansky created a three-part evening for the Bayerisches Staatsballett based on overtures by Pyotr I.

Verdi: Otello Trailer (2018)

02 December 2018

Like an outcry the elemental force of the orchestra shatters the silence, the storm on the coast of Cyprus rages incessantly.