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Collection Summary
Collection Title
Germany: Munich: Nationaltheater (1964-98)
Description
A miscellaneous collection of material relating to the performances give by the Bayerische Staatsoper at the Nationaltheater, Munich between 1964 and 1998, arranged in a chronological fashion, divided into three folders and held across two boxes.
The material is divided as follows:
Folder 1: 1964–77
Folder 2: 1979–80
Folder 3: 1983–98
Folders 1 and 2 are held in box 1 and folder 3 in box 2.
Folders 1 and 2 of the collection include a large number of programmes for performances given as part of the Müncher Festspiele/Festspiele der Oper München on the following dates:
4, 8, 9, 10 and 16 August 1964
26 and 28 July and 8 and 14 August 1966, with a single document for 4, 6, 9, 11, 13 and 16 August 1966.
19 July 1973.
22 and 31 July 1979 and 29 July and 1 August 1980.
All of these documents include historical, programme and biographical notes.
Folder 1 also includes programmes for performances given on 15 November 1964 (Hans Pfitzner, Palestrina), 19 February 1970 (Zimmermann, Die Soldaten, as part of Moderne Woche); 24 October 1975 (Gottfried von Einem, Der Besuch der alten Dame), and 31 January 1977 (Richard Strauss, Arabella) and a printed document concerning detailed of the staging and costumes for productions of Mozart, Die Zauberflöte, June 1977-September 1978. Folder 2 includes a programme for 17 June 1980 (Mozart, Cosi fan Tutte).
The final folder includes programmes (some with notes) for performances on 7 and 10 May 1987 and 30 October and 1 November 1998. Also, programme books (with extensive notes, including photographs and illustrations) for productions of Wagner, Das Liebesverbot (17 February 1983), Berg, Lulu (6 July 1985), Gottfried von Einem, Dantons Tod (6 April 1990), Beethoven, Fidelio (7 April 1990), P. Tchaikovsky, Die Jungfrau von Orleans (21 June 1990), Richard Strauss, Die Liebe der Danae (22 June 1990) and Rossini, L'Italiana in Algeri (18 March 1991) and an undated document containing biographical notes and photographs of the principal performers.
For further material on the Müncher Festspiele/Festspiele der Oper München, see the entry Centre for Performance History foreign collections: Germany: Münchner Festspiele/Festspiele der Oper München (1953-77).
The material is divided as follows:
Folder 1: 1964–77
Folder 2: 1979–80
Folder 3: 1983–98
Folders 1 and 2 are held in box 1 and folder 3 in box 2.
Folders 1 and 2 of the collection include a large number of programmes for performances given as part of the Müncher Festspiele/Festspiele der Oper München on the following dates:
4, 8, 9, 10 and 16 August 1964
26 and 28 July and 8 and 14 August 1966, with a single document for 4, 6, 9, 11, 13 and 16 August 1966.
19 July 1973.
22 and 31 July 1979 and 29 July and 1 August 1980.
All of these documents include historical, programme and biographical notes.
Folder 1 also includes programmes for performances given on 15 November 1964 (Hans Pfitzner, Palestrina), 19 February 1970 (Zimmermann, Die Soldaten, as part of Moderne Woche); 24 October 1975 (Gottfried von Einem, Der Besuch der alten Dame), and 31 January 1977 (Richard Strauss, Arabella) and a printed document concerning detailed of the staging and costumes for productions of Mozart, Die Zauberflöte, June 1977-September 1978. Folder 2 includes a programme for 17 June 1980 (Mozart, Cosi fan Tutte).
The final folder includes programmes (some with notes) for performances on 7 and 10 May 1987 and 30 October and 1 November 1998. Also, programme books (with extensive notes, including photographs and illustrations) for productions of Wagner, Das Liebesverbot (17 February 1983), Berg, Lulu (6 July 1985), Gottfried von Einem, Dantons Tod (6 April 1990), Beethoven, Fidelio (7 April 1990), P. Tchaikovsky, Die Jungfrau von Orleans (21 June 1990), Richard Strauss, Die Liebe der Danae (22 June 1990) and Rossini, L'Italiana in Algeri (18 March 1991) and an undated document containing biographical notes and photographs of the principal performers.
For further material on the Müncher Festspiele/Festspiele der Oper München, see the entry Centre for Performance History foreign collections: Germany: Münchner Festspiele/Festspiele der Oper München (1953-77).
Format
Date range of collection
1964 - 1998
Accumulation Dates
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Suggested Audience
Not Specific
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Location Details
Royal College of Music: Centre for Performance History
Centre for Performance History
Prince Consort Road
London London SW7 2BS Bangladesh Open Map
Website
Email
cph@rcm.ac.uk
Telephone
020 7 589 4340
Fax
020 7 589 7740
Visiting Information
Mon-Fri by appointment
Collections Overview
The Centre for Performance History was created in 2004 through the amalgamation of the Department of Portraits and the Museum of Instruments (see the separate entry for the Museum. The College has acquired portraits throughout its history since 1883 and the Centre posseses the most comprehensive collection of portraits of musicians in the UK, amounting to some 346 original portraits and 10,000 prints and photographs. In addition to the iconographical collections and their documentation, the department houses other categories of source material - most notably the largest collection of concert programmes in this country, comprising some 600,000 items dating from 1780 to the present day.
For details of other collections held at the same location: See the location record
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