In the this year’s Munich-based Opernfestspielenl, the opportunity to enjoy a special performance of Open-Air free offers visitors. On Thursday, June 24, 2010, one of the largest music events in South Germany, the Munich Opera Festival begins. This highlight of the year’s cultural events calendar runs until July 31 and draws Opera lovers from all over the country to the National Theatre in the Bavarian capital. The Festival held since 1876 of every summer and offer a varied entertainment program for Opernbegeisterte. These include the great works of famous composers such as Mozart, Puccini, and Poulenc. Who has booked a hotel in Munich, can look forward during a visit of the Opera for all 2010 on a rare festival atmosphere, without having to spend a cent for it. This is one of the most popular events of the Festival.
The free outdoor concert is sponsored by the car group BMW and is on the Saturday, June 26 at 20:00 P.m. local time on the Max-Joseph-Platz instead. The Bavarian State Orchestra performs works by Richard Strauss and Claude Debussy at the concert and is a foretaste of all other performances of the Festival. For those who want more, the Festival premiere of Puccini’s great opera Tosca takes place on June 28 in the national theatre. Who more could get no tickets for this production, can console themselves with a live broadcast from the theatre lobby, under which special reports and interviews with the performers can be seen. On Saturday, July 3, held the premiere of Mozart’s Don Giovanni. The production is performed in Italian with German subtitles and runs from 19:00 until about 22:45 P.m.
local time. Ticket prices range from 11 to 163. Don Giovanni is one of the most popular operas in the world and includes a libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte. It combines comedy, melodrama and supernatural elements. Jessica Reading, head of the marketing department at LateRooms.com, commented: the rush at the Munich Opera Festival is for usually enormous. We recommend therefore visitors to book one of the hotels in Munich as early as possible.”