A miscellaneous collection of brochures and programmes for the Münchner Festspiele/Festspiele der Oper München, given under the auspices of the Bayerische Staatsoper between 1953 and 1977 and in 1990, held loosely in a single box.

Also, two copies of a single-sheet prospectus for the Mozart-Wagner Festival of 1911, directed by Richard Strauss, and a further item of this type for an unstated year.

The collection includes brochures for the festivals of 1959 (2 copies), 1962, 1963, 1966, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1974 and 1976 and leaflets/booklets for 1977 and 1990.

There are also programmes for the individual performances of operas by Mozart, Wagner and Richard Strauss, given on the following dates: 21 August 1953 (Mozart, Don Giovanni); 12 August 1956 (Wagner, Lohengrin); 16 August 1956 (Strauss, Der Rosenkavalier); 20 August 1956 (Richard Strauss, Capriccio); 7 August 1960 (Wagner, Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg); 11 August 1960 (Strauss, Arabella); 13 August 1960 (Strauss, Der Rosenkavalier); 17 August 1961 (Mozart, Don Giovanni); and 15 August 1963 (Wagner, Parsifal).

Both the brochures and the programmes include historical, programme and biographical information and contain a number of photographs and illustrations.

The performances were given principally at the Prinzregententheater, the Nationaltheater and the Alten Residenztheater (Cuvilliéstheater), Munich. Further programmes for festival performances may be found under entries for these individual venues.

This material is accompanied by a collection of press cuttings taken from the Münchener Kunst und Theater-Unzeiger, which provide programme listings for operatic performances given at the Prinz-Regenten Theatre, the K. Hof- und National-Theatre and the K. Residenz-Theater between 1909 and 1913. These are held loosely in a second box.

1953 - 1990

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Not Specific

• Wagner, Richard -
• Strauss, Richard -
• Münchner Festspiele -
• Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus -
• Festspiele der Oper München -
• Bayerische Staatsoper -

• Alten Residenztheater (Cuvilliéstheater)
• München
• Nationaltheater, Munich
• Prinzregentheater

• 20th century - late 1971-1999
• 20th century - mid 1931-1970

• Leaflets
• Brochures
• Press Cuttings
• Photographs
• Illustrations
• Programme notes

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