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© 2015, Bettina Stöß
Sounds like those Richard Strauss unleashed in Elektra with a gigantic orchestra were unprecedented until the opera’s premiere in 1909. And the radicalism and expressive ferocity of Elektra have lost none of their power to this day. The archaic subject... moreabout: Elektra
© Jan Windszus Photography
Porgy and Bess finally returns to Berlin! Barrie Kosky offers a powerful new perspective on this timeless masterpiece about the life of a Black community. With his exacting direction, he turns a spotlight on the beauty and depth of human existence: at... moreabout: Porgy and Bess
© 2022, Thomas Aurin
The surprise hit of Deutsche Oper Berlin for the past few seasons: Completed almost ten years before the Second World War, the only opera by Danish composer Rued Langgaard oracularly foreshadows an approaching apocalypse. Antikrist is a unique work in... moreabout: Antikrist
© 2023, Bettina Stöß
With La forza del destino, Verdi broke new ground in the 1860s. The title itself refers to this paradigm shift, as it does not refer to the name of a character or a historical event, but rather evokes the universal concept of the «power of fate». Accordingly,... moreabout: La forza del destino
© Jörg Metzner
Rob-Rob-Robin Hood! Wer war der meisterhafte Bogenschütze, Kämpfer für die Armen und Albtraum für die Reichen? Gab es den einen Robin Hood? Oder ist es vielmehr die Idee von Utopie, Hoffnung und Widerstand gegen eine korrupte herrschende Klasse, die sich... moreabout: Robin Hood
© Monika Rittershaus
Handel’s music can move you to the core, all the more so when staged as movingly and convincingly as in Barrie Kosky’s production of Semele. He brings the Greek gods of Handel’s oratorio astonishingly close, showing them entangled in the very rules they... moreabout: Semele
© 2024, Thomas Aurin
A contemporary and topical opera for our time: When US President Richard Nixon lands on Chinese soil one foggy February morning in 1972, the world holds its collective breath. After decades of silence, the rival powers are starting to come together. A... moreabout: Nixon in China
© 2021, Bettina Stöß
Anyone in Seville who needs help goes to Figaro – the barber has a solution for every problem, because he knows everyone in the city, is well-informed about all the gossip and many owe him a favour. This time, he is to help Count Almaviva free Rosina,... moreabout: Il barbiere di Siviglia
© 2023, Bettina Stöß
In times when the world seems complicated and the economic situation is dire, the longing for someone who supposedly offers simple solutions to difficult problems becomes overwhelming. The 20th century provides ample evidence of this, and the present... moreabout: Lohengrin
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The Chinese princess Turandot refuses marriage and demonstrates this with a gruesome ritual: Every suitor who fails to solve her three riddles is beheaded. This brutal cycle continues until Calaf breaks it. With his last, unfinished opera, Turandot, Giacomo... moreabout: Turandot
© 2013, Bernd Uhlig
Undoubtedly one of the most famous melodies in operatic history is the popular prisoners’ chorus «Va pensiero,» from Nabucco, which in Verdi’s time was even considered the unofficial national anthem of Italy. Beyond this, however, it was also Verdi’s... moreabout: Nabucco
© Foto: Maximilian Semlinger / Artwork: Laura Buechner
“Everybody waltz” at the private boarding school Schloss Salamander? Gabriel and Rosalinde, both from wealthy families, are the school’s dream couple. But not everyone in the class is from an upper-class background. Adele, who grew up in humble circumstances,... moreabout: Die Fledermaus für Kinder
© 2025, Marcus Lieberenz
Giuseppe Verdi's Don Carlo intertwines family tragedy and historical panorama. This grand opera premiered in 1867 and was repeatedly reworked in the following decades. In the four-act Italian version, the abysses of Spanish absolutism open up even more... moreabout: Don Carlo
© Jan Windszus Photography
A storm is brewing! Lear, the stunning masterpiece opera by Aribert Reimann, is returning to the Komische Oper Berlin, where this monumental tale of an ageing king was previously staged by Harry Kupfer and Hans Neuenfels. At Tempelhof Airport, Barrie... moreabout: Lear
© 2023, Bettina Stöß
A clown whose laughter catches in his throat, a ruthless lover, a hitman with a warm voice: In Rigoletto, Verdi assembles bawdy farce, profound character studies and overwhelming emotion into a dazzling grotesque about power and vulnerability. The opera... moreabout: Rigoletto
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