A new special exhibition curated by John D. Wilson will explore the Bonn opera from 1779-1794. The major figures in Bonn music life, the changes in repertoire, performance practices, and architecture, the influence on Beethoven and his fellow court musicians, and the social contexts that underlie all of these will be the main focus. The exhibition will draw on multiple items from Elector Maximilian Franz’s music library now held in the Biblioteca Estense Universitaria in Modena, which for the first time in 221 years will return to the location where they were first used.

This special exhibition will open on October 22, 2015. A an accompanying bilingual (Eng./Ger.) booklet with over a dozen full-color illustrations from the exhibition will be published by the Beethoven-Haus.

An announcement can be found on the Beethoven-Haus website here.