Deutsche Oper Berlin

Attila

Jun 19 – Jun 21, 2013

In his life-long quest for "grand, fresh, beautiful, bold, exciting material" Giuseppe Verdi also turned to the plays of the German Romantics, and four times he lighted on Schiller. He was also briefly taken by Grillparzer's sombre drama "The Ancestress", which had attracted the...

The pearl fishers

Jun 5

"The Deutsche Oper gives a concertante performance of Georges Bizet's THE PEARL FISHERS and something remarkable happens. The performance makes do with four soloists, chorus and orchestra and everything goes off perfectly (…) an evening of music and song that conjures up...

The Ghost Ship

Jun 4

The director of the Paris Opéra, Léon Pillet, told Richard Wagner unequivocally that it would be at least seven years before any of his operas could be performed. Feeling a little sorry for the impecunious composer from Saxony, however, he offered him 500 francs if he would...

Something Else

May 14 – Jun 1, 2013

"Sorry, but you're not like us"… "You don't belong here"… - just two of the sentences aimed over and over again at the harmless little creature with the curious name of Something Else. One day, just as Something Else is about to resign himself to being alone forever, he meets...

Lucrezia Borgia

Apr 27 – May 1, 2013

Love, hatred, revenge, a missing mother who turns up at the end and, most of all, lashings of poison - such are the ingredients of this tragic, oft melodramatic story adapted by Gaetano Donizetti, from a play by Victor Hugo, for the opening of the 1833 season at the Scala...

Rigoletto

Apr 21 – Apr 30, 2013

Melodramma in 3 acts; Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave; First performed on 11th March, 1851 in Venice; Premiered at the Deutsche Oper Berlin on 21. April, 2013

Ring um den Ring

Mar 28 – Apr 19, 2013

For the famous choreographer Maurice Béjart dance is „total theatre“, not only steps. His masterpiece „Ring um den Ring“ is one of the most monumental ballet projects of the 20th century. Based on excerpts of Richard Wagner’s musical composition Maurice Béjart created his own...

Concert I

Apr 12

Concert with Juan Diego Flórez

Apr 12

Opera Lounge

Nov 22 – Apr 10, 2013

No orchestra pit here and no curtain in red plush. Instead visitors can expect a lounge atmosphere and cold beverages at the bar. Newcomers on the art scene and members of the Deutsche Oper Ensemble present a revue featuring musical titbits unconstrained by genre boundaries. The...