Barbara Hannigan makes her role debut as Marie in Die Soldaten at the Bayerische Staatsoper. Bernd Alois Zimmermann’s seminal opera, described as “one of the most complex scores of the 20th century” is directed in a new production by Andreas Kriegenburg and conducted by Kirill Petrenko. Performances run from 25 May to 6 June.
Regarded as a pre-eminent interpreter of contemporary music, Hannigan was recently nominated as Singer of the Year for the Royal Philharmonic Society Awards, following a highly successful year of performances in the UK in 2013.
