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The Bavarian State Opera is an opera company based in Munich, Germany. Its orchestra is the Bavarian State Orchestra. The opera company which was founded under Princess Henriette Adelaide of Savoy has been in existence since 1653, when Giovanni Battista Maccioni`s L`arpa festante was performed in the court theatre. In 1753 the Residence Theatre Cuvilliés Theatre was opened as a major stage. While opera performances were also held in the Prinzregententheater completed in 1901, the company`s home base is the National Theatre Munich on Max-Joseph-Platz. In 1875 the Munich Opera Festival took place for the first time which nowadays can be viewed as one of the most important opera festivals worldwide.
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