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	Kent Nagano Press Conference: Talk to the "Ring des Nibelungen"	The first half of 2012 stands at the Bavarian State Opera was designed for Richard Wagner: The 4th February marks the premiere of Das Rheingold, the prelude to the new production of Der Ring des Nibelungen . Within just five months, the Bavarian State Opera brings Wagner's magnum opus, the "biggest challenge for any opera house" ( Nikolaus Bachler ) on the stage. At the Munich Opera Festival in July 2012, the complete tetralogy will be seen in two cycles. director Andrew Castle War , General Music Director Kent Nagano and the state director Nikolaus Bachler said on 19 January on the new production of the tetralogy. The press conference is now available online. All Schedules "Der Ring des Nibelungen" sponsored by Götterdämmerung sponsored by Partners of the Opera Festival.
	UE Mahler Interview with Kent Nagano	Kent Nagano talks to Universal Edition about the music of Gustav Mahler.
	Wozzeck at the Bavarian State Opera	Alban Berg: Wozzeck. Trailer of the première at the Bavarian State Opera, Munich on November 10, 2008. Stage direction: Andreas Kriegenburg Date: 2008
	Opera TV Clip on Mozart's Don Giovanni	Opera.TV on the première of Mozart's "Don Giovanni" at the Bavarian State Opera (in German only). Kent Nagano (Musical Direction), Stephan Kimmig (Stage Direction), Mariusz Kwiecien (Don Giovanni) and Ellie Dehn (Donna Anna) talking about this new production, premièred on October 31, 2009 at the Nationaltheater, Munich. Date: 2009
	Kent Nagano on how he met Frank Zappa	Kent Nagano tells the story about how he got involved with Zappa and his classical music. Kent Nagano conducted the London Symphony Orchestra for Frank's music. From the swedish radio documentary "Titties & Beer", broadcasted 1994-01-23 on SR P2. Date: 1994
	OSM Mysteries of Japan	Kent Nagano speaks about the Mysteries of Japan programmes with the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal. Date: 2009
	Deutsche Welle TV Interview	From Deutsche Welle TV: 'Peter Craven speaks with star conductor Kent Nagano about traditions,feeling for tempo and time pressure'. Date: 2009
	Kent on Wagner's Tannhäuser	Kent Nagano shares his thoughts on Wagner's Tannhäuser with the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal. Date: 2007