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Langgaard: Antikrist

Premiere on 30 January 2022 / Performances on 5., 9., 11. February

Langgaard's ANTIKRIST is an extremely rarely performed opera that oscillates between late romanticism and modernism. In his late work, which he himself described as a "church opera", the Danish composer spans an apocalyptic panorama of human vice that conjures up the downfall of the world and yet harbours hope. Director Ersan Mondtag transforms the end-time fantasy of the 1920s into a gripping musical theatre experience and shows that this material has lost none of its topicality in times of climate change and pandemic.

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Verdi: Aida [concertante version]

22., 29. Januar; 4. Februar 2022

Experience, among others, Anna Smirnova (photo), Guanqun Yu, Stefano La Colla and Markus Brück as well as the Chorus and Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper Berlin conducted by Leonardo Sini (22.01.) and Giampaolo Bisanti in three concert performances of Verdi's masterpiece.

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Strauss: Elektra [concert version]

3, 16 February 2022

With a cast of over one hundred musicians, Richard Strauss' "Elektra" is one of the most orchestrally demanding works in the entire opera literature. With eight clarinets and seven trumpets, Strauss pushes the boundaries of the Romantic orchestral apparatus to achieve a maximum of dramatic effect and psychological fine-detailing of the characters. To make this sound experience palpable, the orchestra takes its place on stage: the voices of great interpreters such as Catherine Foster (Elektra) and Anna Larsson (Klytämnestra) thus merge with the orchestra to create an overall symphonic experience.

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Mozart: The Magic Flute

23 January; 18, 25 February; 12 , 13 March; 28, 30 April; 8 June 2022

In its mixture of Viennese folk theatre, Masonic mystery and fairy tale, this opera is probably the most frequently performed in the German-speaking world and, in Günter Krämer's colourfully pictorial production, a favourite with our audiences.

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According to the update of the Infection Protection Measures Ordinance, from 15 January the following applies to our performances 2G plus FFP2 mask and negative test evidence from a public testing centre (rapid antigen test not older than 24 hours or PCR test not older than 48 hours) or digital proof of a booster vaccination. Compulsory testing for triple vaccinated people no longer required. The requirement to wear a FFP2 mask at all times remains.

Attention: performance cancellations!

Due to infections in the ensembles of the Deutsche Oper Berlin, it is with a heavy heart that we have to completely cancel the following performances: DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE on 16 January 2022, DER ZWERG on 15, 21 and 28 January 2022 and AIDA on 24 January 2022. All ticket buyers will be contacted directly. We ask for your understanding!

Our thanks for the façade projection and the historical photographs are due to the

Förderkreis Deutsche Oper Berlin

Berliner Abendschau of 30 September 1963

Fritz Bornemann in interview

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Aktuelles Magazin of 25 September 1961

Friedrich Luft in conversation with Carl Ebert, Gustav Rudolf Sellner and Ferenc Fricsay

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Berliner Abendschau of 28 October 1961

Hans Uhlmann on the sculpture in front of the façade

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Our thanks for the façade projection and the historical photographs are due to the

Förderkreis Deutsche Oper Berlin

Berliner Abendschau of 30 September 1963

Fritz Bornemann in interview

Aktuelles Magazin of 25 September 1961

Friedrich Luft in conversation with Carl Ebert, Gustav Rudolf Sellner and Ferenc Fricsay

Berliner Abendschau of 28 October 1961

Hans Uhlmann on the sculpture in front of the façade

On ANTIKRIST, premiere on 30 January 2022

A visit to the orchestra rehearsal hall

Literally incomprehensible: Rued Langgaard's unique work of art ANTIKRIST floats above all musical styles. The musical director of the new production Stephan Zilias describes this impressively in backstage view. Literally incomprehensible: Rued Langgaard's unique work of art ANTIKRIST floats above all musical styles. The musical director of the new production Stephan Zilias describes this impressively in backstage view.

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The participation project of the Junge Deutsche Oper during the winter holidays

Wanderlust ... A project and two performances

Young people aged 13 and up will first go on tours to learn about Berlin's urban ecosystem with architects, anthropologists and artists, and turn these experiences into a performance. Experience a winter holiday week packed with musical and theatrical improvisation, creative writing with a focus on science fiction and the design and construction of costumes and scenic objects. At the end there will be two performances in the Tischlerei! Sign up!

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On ANTIKRIST, premiere on 30 January 2022

We are the apocalypse

ANTIKRIST was the first brand-new production that we were forced to cancel because of a Covid lockdown. 18 months on, the end-of-days opera is more topical than ever. Not good news at all ... Dramaturge Carolin Müller-Dohle explains the link between global warming and a 100-year-old opera house

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Libretto & Co

Premiere on 30 January 2022

Antikrist

Church opera in two acts and six pictures by Rued Langgaard. Conductor: Stephan Zilias; Director: Ersan Mondtag; With a. o. Thomas Lehman, Jonas Grundner-Culemann, Valeriia Savinskaia, Irene Roberts, Clemens Bieber, Gina Perregrino, Flurina Stucki, Andrew Dickinson, AJ Glueckert, Jordan Shanahan

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World premiere on 23 January 2022 in the Tischlerei

Once to be realised

Six encounters with Jani Christou's "Project files" by Beat Furrer, Barblina Meierhans, Olga Neuwirth, Younghi Pagh-Paan, Samir Odeh-Tamimi and Christian Wolff; musical direction: Cordula Bürgi; staging: Michail Marmarinos

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ELEKTRA on 3, 16 February 2022

Catherine Foster's place of serenity for my soul: Goethe Park in Weimar

Catherine Foster is well known for her dramatic roles and has been described as the best Elektra singing today. When she is looking to recuperate from the demands of the role, she goes for a walk ... Experience Catherine Foster in the title role of Richard Strauss' ELEKTRA again from 3 February.

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ONCE TO BE REALISED, from 23 January 2022

Michail Marmarinos … A place of serenity for my soul: Elefsina

Director Michail Marmarinos shows us round the sacred heart of Ancient Greece, a source of inspiration that also nourished the music revolutions of Jani Christou ... On 23 January, the Tischlerei will host the world premiere of Michail Marmarino's production on designs by Jani Christou's "Project files": ONCE TO BE REALISED.

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As chargeable video on demand via takt1.com

Francesca da Rimini

After Korngold's opera DAS WUNDER DER HELIANE, Opernwelt magazine's "Rediscovery of the Year 2018", Christof Loy has now taken on another rarity of the early 20th century: FRANCESCA DA RIMINI. In the paid subscription programme of our cooperation partner takt1.com, the celebrated new production is still available for viewing.

Here you will find the chargeable Video on Demand via takt1.com

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We are the apocalypse

Antikrist

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Catherine Foster's place of serenity for my soul: Goethe Park in Weimar

Michail Marmarinos … A place of serenity for my soul: Elefsina

Francesca da Rimini

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"New start 1961" - The Deutsche Oper Berlin lights up ...

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We are the apocalypse

Antikrist

Once to be realised

Catherine Foster's place of serenity for my soul: Goethe Park in Weimar

Michail Marmarinos … A place of serenity for my soul: Elefsina

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