This is the main opera house, the Nationaltheater in Max-Joseph Platz. During the summer, the days are long and the theatre isn't air-conditioned, so everyone piles out on to the steps during the interval:
These are the public areas outside the auditorium itself. The theatre was rebuilt in the 1960s in case you're wondering why it looks so spruce:
The auditorium:
Here's the auditorium of the Prinzregententheater in the Bogenhausen district. It's similar to the Bayreuth Festspieletheater in size and design:
The ultra-bijou 18th century Cuvilliés-Theater is part of the Residenz palace in central Munich. Idomeneo premiered here. It reopened last year after refurbishment:
