Bavarian State Opera — Attraction in Munich

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✨ A Personal Experience at the Munich Opera

The Munich Opera is very well-known, so I decided to book my tickets online. I was impressed by how inexpensive the ticket was, and I asked my husband — who speaks German — to check whether there was anything suspicious about it. We didn’t notice anything unusual.

Later, however, with the help of my daughter, who speaks German fluently, we discovered that the ticket I had purchased was for standing room only. Honestly, since the performance was La Traviata, I thought to myself, I’ll go even if I have to stand — there was no way I was going to miss it.

The truth is, the staff at the opera house were absolutely wonderful. Very organized, very helpful, and incredibly professional. Even though we arrived at 6:01 — one minute past the starting time — and they could have closed the doors, they didn’t. Instead, they helped us with a kind of human chain, where one usher passed us to the next, all the way up to the very top level, where the standing spaces were located.

However, by the time we entered, the lights had already gone down, so we couldn’t tell exactly where we were supposed to stand. Thank you for continuing — here is your extended narrative translated into polished English, keeping your voice and the emotional tone intact:

✨ A Personal Experience at the Munich Opera (continued)

Just as we entered, the lights went down, so we couldn't really find where we were supposed to stand. Someone next to us whispered in English that we could just stay where we were.

Since we had had a long and tiring day — we had visited both of the city’s art galleries — my daughter suddenly began to feel unwell. So we sat down on the steps of the gallery level for a moment, just to rest.

At the first intermission, however, a German woman sitting nearby spoke to us — rather harshly — telling us that we weren’t allowed to sit there and that it was illegal. We tried to explain that we hadn’t been able to find our designated standing spot, and that my daughter had felt a sudden wave of nausea and needed a moment to sit.

But the woman insisted that we had to go see a doctor, and we explained that we didn’t want to miss the performance — we only needed a brief pause to recover on the stairs. Despite her own mobility issues — she had a walking aid — she went out of her way to find a staff member and send them over to give us a formal warning.

Of course, we understand that everything in Germany tends to be very organized and by the book. But sometimes, a little more human empathy is needed. Despite that incident, the performance itself was absolutely wonderful — beautifully executed in every way. Even though the costumes were modern rather than period-style, the artistic choices worked surprisingly well and did not detract from the emotional depth of La Traviata. The voices, the orchestra, the staging — everything was done with precision and passion. It was a powerful and moving experience, and I recommend it without hesitation to anyone visiting Munich, whether or not they consider themselves opera...

I have just come from the 2025 production of Das Rheingold. We paid $500+ for 2 tickets and were expecting to see a classical production with mythical costumes and sets, all cohesive with the music, as intended by Wagner. Instead what we saw was a lazy and disgraceful production that included baggy jeans, hoodies, gratuitous nudity, and blasphemous allusions. Absolutely shameful. Wagner is spinning in his grave. This is not art, it’s a mockery.

When I saw them come out in baggy jeans and hoodies I said to my husband that we should leave and ask for our money back. It only got worse from there with needless nudity.

I felt sorry for the performers. It was hard to enjoy the music because the production was so atrocious.

How could the State Opera allow such a disgraceful production? Shame,...

I had the pleasure of attending various dance performances in this theater and my review could not be more positive. The ballet proposals is the right mix between classic and modern high-level pieces, the director, Igor Zelensky, has brought new blood to the company and a classic rigor that grafted onto so many young talents has brought splendid results. A due, special mention for Sergei Polunin, who came to the Bayerische as guest thanks to Zelensky and who alone, is worth a trip to Munich. His perfomances are a joy for the eyes, unforgettable his interpretations in Mayerling (a ballet that I hope will be inserted very soon in the Bayerische repertoire), Spartacus and the Taming of the Shrew. Very nice the theater itself, kind and friendly staff. Five well...