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The Blizzard

Bavarian State Opera, Munich, Germany
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7:30 PM
Important Info
Type: Ballet
City: Munich, Germany
Starts at: 19:30
Acts: 2
Intervals: 1
Duration:

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Festival

Munich Opera Festival 2021

The Munich Opera Festival (Münchner Opernfestspiele) - one of the oldest theater festivals in the world - started in 1875. It enjoys immense popularity not only in Europe, but also among fans of opera music from all continents. More than 80 thousand tickets are sold annually for the events of the festival, which lasts five weeks. The main events take place at the Bavarian National Theater; artistic direction of the festival is traditionally entrusted to the music director of the Bavarian State Opera. The festival does not have a specific specialization, as, for example, the Salzburg one; his repertoire is notable for its diversity and richness, a harmonious combination of classical and modern repertoire.

Overview

Resident choreographer Andrey Kaydanovskiy transforms Alexander Pushkin's eponymous  story The Blizzard into contemporary ballet language.

The piece premiered and opened the Ballet Festival Week in April 2021. Though the story is standard school reading material in Russian culture, it is rather little known in other countries. Of aristocratic stock, the young Marja falls in love with the poor young officer Vladimir, to her parent's chagrin. The couple's decision to marry in secret, however, is thwarted by fate, as on the way to the church at night the two lovers miss each other in a blizzard. Vladimir is plagued by a feeling of failure and decides to enlist. He goes to the war, where he is among the fallen.  Marja's life and that of her family take a different turn, The power of the wizard continues.

In his first full-length narrative ballet, Andrey Kaydanovskiy builds on the existential questions that Puschkin's story emanates from: What role does fate actually play? Is there such a thing as self-determination or is it all just coincidence? How do people deal with such issues? Together with renowned film and theatre composer Lorenz Dangel and the whole artistic department, Kaydanovskiy develops his very own narrative that dynamically unfolds the protagonists' dramatic courses of life. Following on from the two works that celebrated world premieres as part of À Jour in the Prinzregententheater, Discovery, and Cecil Hotel, Kaydanowskiy now created his first full-length narrative ballet.

History

"The Blizzard" is the second of five short stories that constitute The Tales of the Late Ivan Petrovich Belkin by Aleksandr Pushkin. The manuscript for the story was originally completed October 20, 1830. It was intended to be the last of The Tales of the Late Ivan Petrovich Belkin to be published, but Pushkin decided to push the story to the front of the volume. The novella, so comical and at the same time so dramatic, is considered to be one of the masterpieces of Russian literature.

Venue Info

Bavarian State Opera - Munich
Location   Max-Joseph-Platz 2

The Bavarian State Opera or the National Theatre (Nationaltheater) on Max-Joseph-Platz in Munich, Germany, is a historic opera house and the main theatre of Munich, home of the Bavarian State Opera, Bavarian State Orchestra, and the Bavarian State Ballet.

During its early years, the National Theatre saw the premières of a significant number of operas, including many by German composers. These included Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde (1865), Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (1868), Das Rheingold (1869) and Die Walküre (1870), after which Wagner chose to build the Festspielhaus in Bayreuth and held further premières of his works there.

During the latter part of the 19th century, it was Richard Strauss who would make his mark on the theatre in the city in which he was born in 1864. After accepting the position of conductor for a short time, Strauss returned to the theatre to become principal conductor from 1894 to 1898. In the pre-War period, his Friedenstag (1938) and Capriccio were premièred in Munich. In the post-War period, the house has seen significant productions and many world premieres.

First theatre – 1818 to 1823
The first theatre was commissioned in 1810 by King Maximilian I of Bavaria because the nearby Cuvilliés Theatre had too little space. It was designed by Karl von Fischer, with the 1782 Odéon in Paris as architectural precedent. Construction began on 26 October 1811 but was interrupted in 1813 by financing problems. In 1817 a fire occurred in the unfinished building.

The new theatre finally opened on 12 October 1818 with a performance of Die Weihe by Ferdinand Fränzl, but was soon destroyed by another fire on 14 January 1823; the stage décor caught fire during a performance of Die beyden Füchse by Étienne Méhul and the fire could not be put out because the water supply was frozen. Coincidentally the Paris Odéon itself burnt down in 1818.

Second theatre – 1825 to 1943
Designed by Leo von Klenze, the second theatre incorporated Neo-Grec features in its portico and triangular pediment and an entrance supported by Corinthian columns. In 1925 it was modified to create an enlarged stage area with updated equipment. The building was gutted in an air raid on the night of 3 October 1943.

Third theatre – 1963 to present
The third and present theatre (1963) recreates Karl von Fischer's original neo-classical design, though on a slightly larger, 2,100-seat scale. The magnificent royal box is the center of the interior rondel, decorated with two large caryatids. The new stage covers 2,500 square meters (3,000 sq yd), and is thus the world's third largest, after the Opéra Bastille in Paris and the Grand Theatre, Warsaw.

Through the consistent use of wood as a building material, the auditorium has excellent acoustics. Architect Gerhard Moritz Graubner closely preserved the original look of the foyer and main staircase. It opened on 21 November 1963 with an invitation-only performance of Die Frau ohne Schatten under the baton of Joseph Keilberth. Two nights later came the first public performance, of Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, again under Keilberth.

Important Info
Type: Ballet
City: Munich, Germany
Starts at: 19:30
Acts: 2
Intervals: 1
Duration:
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