Opera

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s most famous opera by far, is also his most enigmatic. American director Yuval Sharon carries away audiences to new worlds of images that are no less imaginative, yet aesthetically... more

This Tosca-production is deserved of listed status after a performance history stretching back over half a century. more

Puccini‘s »Japanese tragedy« is more than simply one of the supremely emotional works of musical theatre; it is also unsparingly critical of imperialism as a system. more

New opera material for a new time - this was not only sought by the avant-gardists in the 1920s. Old master Richard Strauss went even further and brought not only a story from the modern world, but also,... more

Princess Turandot does not want to be anyone’s bride. And she is willing to do anything to protect her independence. Her strategy so far for ridding herself of burdensome suitors has been this: anyone... more

East German music theatre in the big tent! Opera and film director Axel Ranisch, an avowed East Berliner, takes on Gerd Natschinski’s jewel of Heiteres Musiktheater (‘light-hearted music theatre’), and—together... more

The world is in a state of emergency. Five people are trapped in perpetual snowdrifts. Time appears to stand still. Will this ever end? Jacques remains apart in the middle of the group, affirming the snowfall... more

The writer E.T.A. Hoffmann described Mozart’s »Don Giovanni« as »the opera of all operas«.  Since its world premiere in 1787 in Prague, the work has been highly celebrated on victory tours across Europe.... more

California, at the heyday of the Gold Rush: the place of people’s dreams turns out to be an inexorable wasteland, governed by the law of the jungle. Minnie’s bar is the only place where people live in... more

Giacomo Puccini - „Le Villi“ - Oper in zwei Akten (Libretto: Ferdinando Fontana) more

The State Opera stages the equally famous and tragic story of Lieutenant Pinkerton and the geisha Cio-Cio-San, which was made into a musical masterpiece by Giacomo Puccini with sophisticated instrumentation. more

Two of the most powerful men in the world shake hands - and the world watches: With their opera about the state visit of American President Richard Nixon to Mao Tse-tung in 1972, composer John Adams and... more