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Rienzi, The Last of the Tribunes
Richard Wagner (1813 – 1883)
Director Philipp Stölzl interprets RIENZI as a parable of the dangerous tightrope walk between idealism, hubris and realpolitik. The republican dream of the people’s tribune ends in dictatorship and destruction. For him, in a series of symbols unique to himself, the stage becomes a multimedia experiment, set up to show the inevitable fate of a “hero.” ... 18 April 2019
Parsifal
Richard Wagner (1813 – 1883)
Borrowing freely from a diverse range of sagas, Christian and Buddhist motifs and Schopenhauer's ideas, Richard Wagner created his own mythical tale ... With Mathias Hausmann, Günther Groissböck, Brandon Jovanovich, Derek Welton und Elena Pankratova et al. ... On 19 April 2019
Tosca
Giacomo Puccini (1858 – 1924)
The Chief of Police Scarpia, the singer Floria Tosca and the artist Cavaradossi in their different ways, all insist on their personal freedom to act as they please - Scarpia as a condition of his claim to power, Cavaradossi in his rebellious urge to bring about change and Tosca as an expression of a plain, unlimited love ... With Carmen Giannattasio, Jorge de León, and Zeljko Lucic ... On 20 April 2019
Rigoletto
Giuseppe Verdi (1813 – 1901)
For better or worse, despite his grotesque physique, the hunchbacked jester-hero has to get his audience laughing. His daughter Gilda seems angelic by contrast - and yet human through and through in her unconditional love and self-sacrifice. With Markus Brück, Siobhan Stagg and Yijie Shi ... On 27 April 2019
Turandot
Giacomo Puccini (1858 – 1924)
Society lives in terror of a Princess. Turandot, the fascinating and beautiful representative of a ruling dynasty, presides over the cruelty. Matrimony alone seems likely to end the violence, yet no suitor has managed to solve her riddles and win her hand. Time and again the same scene is played out, ending in yet another execution. Against all expectations, Calaf, son of an exiled potentate from a far-off country, breaks the mould. On 18 May 2019
La Sonnambula
Vincenzo Bellini (1801 – 1835)
Amina, a poor orphan, and Elvino, the richest farmer in the village, are looking forward to their wedding. But when Amina is caught in the room of Count Rodolfo, who has recently returned after a long absence, this idyll in the Swiss Alps collapses … On 19 May 2019
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Verdi Week in May – An Essay by Dorothea Hartmann
Odyssey of the soul
Spirits, vampires and assorted fiends stalk the scores of “German Romantic opera” from 1820 onwards. Richard Wagner, too, used lashings of supernatural gimmickry, albeit not in the same way as his colleagues ... See THE FLYING DUTCHMAN on 1, 4, 9 May 2019
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Video – 06:00 min / 13 April 2019
50 years of "Tosca" directed by Boleslav Barlog
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Making opera: „Oceane“ (2)
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Making opera: „Oceane“ (1)
Video – 07:34 min
Jörg Königsdorf about Belcanto
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Ten questions for: Philipp Stölzl
Philipp Stölzl is a director of films such as “North Face” and music videos featuring the likes of Madonna and Rammstein. He has staged PARSIFAL and RIENZI for the Deutsche Oper Berlin. He talks here of the link between Wagner and cinema.
New in our blog – On DON QUICHOTTE
Clémentine Margaine ... A place of serenity for my soul
The mezzo-soprano Clémentine Margaine is enamoured with the Deutsche Oper Berlin. It was the first place that was not too small for her voice. She now returns to the opera house for Massenet’s DON QUICHOTTE ... The premiere will take place on May 30, 2019.
To OCEANE in our blog
My private place of peace: Detlev Glanert
Detlev Glanert has written a new opera for the Deutsche Oper Berlin, OCEANE, based on a fragment from a novella by Fontane. The composers meets us at his favourite haunt: Café Einstein
Making opera! / 25 March – 28 April 2019
Detlev Glanert: „Oceane“
The BigBand in concert – 2 May 2019
„Jassical Voices“
Excerpts from WEST SIDE STORY and PORGY AND BESS. With Katharine Mehrling, Meechot Marrero, Byung Gil Kim, Seth Carico, the Big Band of the Deutsche Oper Berlin conducted by Manfred Honetschläger.
Jazz & Lyrics V ... 12 and 19 May 2019
Der besondere Heimatabend
The evening will feature Fontane in jazzy garb. Ullrich Heissig, Knef’s alter ego, will sing and recite familiar texts by the famous poet and demonstrate with musicians from the Big Band that regional hits and swing are not contradictions in terms.