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Edita Gruberová...
bid farewell to the audience of the Deutsche Oper Berlin with arias and ouvertures by Rossini, Bellini, Saint-Saëns, Strauß, Meyerbeer and Thomas ... On 10 December 2018
Les Contes d'Hoffmann
Jacques Offenbach (1819 – 1880)
French theatre and opera director and costumer Laurent Pelly brings his internationally hailed production to Berlin. Darky playful and set against fantastical backdrops and stirring chorus formations, this version renders the story of Hoffmann’s descent into madness and intoxication in faithful detail ... On 15 December 2018
La Traviata
Giuseppe Verdi (1813 – 1901)
Shunning sentimentality and trivial frankness, Friedrich's production reaches deep into the characters, laying bare the inner drama and bringing the gloom and fatalism of the piece to the fore. With Venera Gimadieva as Violetta Valéry … On 13 December 2018
Die Fledermaus – The Bat
Johann Strauß (1825 – 1899)
“Blame it on the champagne, tra la la la la !” That’s the half-truth that the protagonists in Johann Strauss’s THE BAT sign up to at the end of a drink-fueled night of mistaken identities and erotic escapades. But alcohol is only partly to blame ... On 21 December 2018
Performances
Calendar
1st – 24th December 2018
Our Musical Advent Calendar 2018
We welcome you warmly from Monday to Friday, always at 17.00 in the foyer. On weekends and on 24 December we will be giving away attractive gifts online – click on the date window in the navigation bar.
Share the pleasure
Great gifts - Our two gift packages
Gift-wrap a bundle of emotions for someone with our “Schicksalsschwer” package (with EUGENE ONEGIN, THE FLYING DUTCHMAN and OTELLO) or savour an unforgettable concert by our BigBand with the “Take 4” group package.
Our video highlights
Video – 04:22 min
Laurent Pelly and Enrique Mazzola about „Hoffmann“
Video – 01:51 min
Back on the schedule: „The Cunning Little Vixen“
Video – 02:26 min
New Year's Eve and New Year's Day: „Die Fledermaus“
Video – 1:40 min
100 Seconds with ... Matthew Newlin
In our blog
Hoffmann’s strolls
E.T.A. Hoffmann was a poet, composer, legal scholar, critic – and passionate Berliner. Dramatic advisor Katharina Duda accompanies him on an imaginary walk in the city.
Nachruf
Im Gedenken an Walter Hagen-Groll
Die Deutsche Oper Berlin, deren Ehrenmitglied er war, trauert um einen großen Künstler, dem sie unendlich viel verdankt.
Awards and Honours
Great Jubilation
We are thrilled that the recently published critic poll in the publication Opernwelt awarded our DAS WUNDER DER HELIANE "Rediscovery of the Year". We are also honoured by the mention of Reimann's L'INVISIBLE as a particularly outstanding premiere in the Top 4.
Art creates spaces for change – 9 November 2018
Berliner Erklärung der Vielen
Our next premiere ... 26 January 2019
La Sonnambula
Conductor: Diego Fasolis; Direction and dramaturgy: Jossi Wieler and Sergio Morabito; with Venera Gimadieva (photo), René Barbera et al.
20 December 2018
The Cunning Little Vixen
A work full of comedy and poetry by Leos Janácek in a production of Katharina Thalbach.