Tour of the National Theater in Munich

The National Theater (“National” meaning Bavarian, not German) is the main venue for the Bavarian State Opera. The building has had a quite typical history for nineteenth-century opera houses in this part of the world. It was first built from 1811 to 1818. In burned to the ground in 1823 Read More …

State Theater on Gärtnerplatz

Besides the Bavarian State Opera, Munich also has a second full-scale opera house called the Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz. They do all their operas in German (or Bavarian!), not in the original languages, and also put on the occasional operetta or musical. Gärtnerplatz is one of the few opera houses which Read More …

Operas and cycling, and other travels

Get on your bike … and ride to the opera house.

Category: Munich

Tour of the National Theater in Munich

State Theater on Gärtnerplatz