Mr. Burghgraef will assist James Gaffigan in the staged opera production La Fanciulla del West at the Bayerische Staatsoper. After collaborating to their mutual satisfaction in two The Netherlands Radio Philharmonic productions, Mr. Gaffigan requested Mr. Burghgraef to cooperate with him in Munich, and also in a CD recording with the Luzerner Sinfonieorchester June 2019.