Photo by Charles Tandy
Whatever you might have thought of Saturday's live streaming from Munich of Die Soldaten, mark the calendar for two upcoming live and free programs from the Bavarian State Opera. Do not be misled by various URLs floating around, some from the Staatsoper itself: The correct address for live streams is http://www.operlive.de/, information at http://www.bayerische.staatsoper.de/.
On June 21, at 10 a.m. Pacific Time, it's a Ballets Russes program of the 1924 Nijinska Les Biches (music by Poulenc), the 1912 Nijinsky L'Après-midi d'un faune (Debussy), and the 1910 Fokine Shéhérazade Rimski-Korsakov.
Dancers include Lisa-Maree Cullum, Ivy Amista, Katherina Markowskaja; Séverine Ferrolier, Giuliana Bottino, Ilana Werner; and Daria Sukhorukova, Lukáš Slavický, Cyril Pierre.
On June 28, from the summer festival, the live streaming is of Rossini's William Tell, conducted by Dan Ettinger, directed by Antú Romero Nunes (Portuguese/Chilean/German stage director), with an excellent cast: Michael Volle as Tell, Marina Rebeka as Mathilde, and Bryan Hymel as Arnold.