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Don Quichotte
Jules Massenet (1842 – 1912) – Premiere on 30 May 2019
Don Quixote is the man who tilts at windmills. He who takes up with a horde of bandits. And whose love is returned by the beautiful Dulcinea. Yet the "knight of the sorrowful countenance" must come to realise that his dreams have no place in the reality of others ... With Alex Esposito, Seth Carico, Clémentine Margaine et al. ... On 18 June 2019
Carmen
Georges Bizet (1838 – 1875)
With her ‘come hither’ self-confidence, Carmen is the polar opposite of the romantic ideal of feminine loyalty and sacrifice. The liaison between her and a soldier and man of the soil, Don José, is destined to founder. José’s love for Carmen leads him to fall into the company of criminals. The bloody, picaresque setting of Andalucía serves Ole Anders Tandberg as a touchstone to a cruel world based on the survival of the fittest ... With Ramona Zaharia, Joseph Calleja, Meechot Marrero et al. ... On 19 June 2019
Otello
Giuseppe Verdi (1813 – 1901)
Andreas Kriegenburg portrays the story of Verdi's OTELLO as a drama depicting the fatal break-up of a great love in a society conditioned by war. One of literature's greatest love stories is doomed to failure – as with all other great love stories of literature: brutal, barbaric and futile ... With Russell Thomas, George Gagnidze, Guanqun Yu ...On 20 June 2019
Berlioz, Wagner, Dvorák
A concert of classic works on 28th June 2019 opens with one of Hector Berlioz’s most performed pieces, his ouverture caractéristique entitled “Le Carnaval romain”, and closes with Antonín Dvořák’s Symphony No.8. Richard Wagner’s “Wesendonck-Lieder” features Annika Schlicht under the baton of Stéphane Denève.
Concertante premiere: Hamlet
Ambroise Thomas (1811 – 1896)
Operagoers who have been here to witness Diana Damrau singing Maria Stuarda and embodying Meyerbeer’s leading characters will know that a concert with her on the programme is one of the big events in any season’s calendar. Damrau now takes the part of Ophélie alongside Florian Sempey as the Prince of Denmark, conducted by Yves Abel … Concertante premiere on 24 June 2019.
„Sinatra meets Basie“
The BigBand feat. Tom Gaebel
With numbers ranging from “The heat is on” and “88 Basie Street” to “Come fly with me” and “Strangers in the night”, the BigBand of the Deutsche Oper Berlin presents works by two giants of swing: Frank “The Voice” Sinatra and William Basie, who rose to prominence under his “Count Basie” moniker ... On 21 June 2019
Performances
Schedule
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Season 2019/2020
All premieres, repertoire performances, concerts and much more.
Read in our Blog – Premiere on 8 September 2019
In the frenzy of vengeance
Finally! Frank Castorf is performing Verdi's bleakest opera: LA FORZA DEL DESTINO. The opulence of great emotions always hides a great force, he says. The force of deliverance ...
Our video highlights
Video – 02:05 min
Jules Massenet "Don Quichotte"
Video –03:22 min
Impressions from the rehearsals of "Don Quichotte"
Video – 01:32 min
"Don Quichotte" ... Get in tune
Video – 02:10 min
Detlev Glanert's "Oceane"
Video – 06:00 min / 13 April 2019
50 years of "Tosca" directed by Boleslav Barlog
New in our blog – On DON QUICHOTTE
The adventures of a daydreaming chevalier
From 30th May onwards Don Quixote will be chasing rainbows, tilting at windmills and fighting for his one true love. Jules Massenet’s chirpy yet melancholic opera is a musical homage to the great work.
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.
Released on DVD
“Das Wunder der Heliane – Heliane’s Miracle”
The new production last year of “Heliane’s Miracle”, Erich Wolfgang Korngold’s neglected masterpiece, was not only a hit with Berliners and an international clientele of operagoers. In a poll of critics in “Opernwelt” the production was voted “Revival of the Year”, with “Heliane” or its singers being backed by critics in no less than eight other categories.
Starting up! – Season's Opening on 30 August and 1 September 2019
"Don Giovanni" – € 25,00 on all seats
9, 12, 15 June 2019
Sir Simon Rattle in "Manon Lescaut"
Dramma lirico by Giacomo Puccini; Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle; Director: Gilbert Deflo; With María José Siri, Thomas Lehman, Jorge de León et al.
24, 27, 29 June 2019 – Concert version
Diana Damrau in "Hamlet"
Opera by Ambroise Thomas; Conductor: Yves Abel; with Florian Sempey, Nicolas Testé, Philippe Talbot, Diana Damrau et al.