More German debuts for Muñoz
Tito Muñoz will make debuts with Nürnberger Symphoniker and Komische Oper Berlin in the coming weeks.
On 25 April in the Meistersingerhalle Nürnberg, Muñoz conducts Holst’s The Planets, Andy Akiho’s Percussion Concerto with soloist Jacob Nissly, and Wilhelm Herschel’s Symphony No. 13.
With Komische Oper, Muñoz leads the orchestra in the programme “JUMP” which includes Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring, Mexican composer Silvestre Revueltas’ ‘Sensemayá’, Brett Dean’s contemporary Shakespeare study ‘And Once I Played Ophelia’ with soprano Josefin Mindus, and Charles Ives’ ‘The Unanswered Question’. The performance will take place at the Schiller Theatre on 3 May at 16:00.
Only last month, Muñoz returned to SWR Sinfonieorchester to perform three concerts across Freiburg and Mannheim. Tito led the orchestra in Richard Wagner’s Prelude and ‘Liebestod’ from Tristan and Isolde, Bartók ‘s Violin Concerto No. 1 with soloist Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Janáček’s String Quartet No. 1 “Kreutzer-Sonata” (arranged for string orchestra), and excerpts from Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet.
He also made his debut with Jena Philharmonie where he led a programme of Kurt Weill, Symphony No. 2, Bernstein’s Divertimento for Orchestra, and Korngold’s Schauspiel Overture.