This Sunday, Grzegorz Jarzyna’s new production of Zemlinsky’s Der Zwerg (The Dwarf) opens at the State Opera in Munich, in a double bill alongside Ravel’s L’enfant et les sortilèges.

Kent Nagano conducts John Daszak in the lead role.

The première will be broadcast live on BR-Klassik Radio at 7pm on Sunday 27th February (Munich time).

Visit the State Opera website for a podcast on the production (in German); see their blog for photos and news; and find them on Facebook for more updates.

Update 28.02.2011

Video introduction to the Munich production (in German):

See more photos from Munich.

Today's Performance on 3 from BBC Radio 3 includes last week's concert by the London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Vladimir Jurowski. Melanie Diener and Thomas Hampson are the soloists in Alexander Zemlinsky's Lyric Symphony. Listen online for another 7 days.