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Heart Chamber
Chaya Czernowin – 21 November 2019
A new piece of musical theatre by Chaya Czernowin is bound to be a special, not to say surprising, experience: HEART CHAMBER heads right to the heart of the matter: it’s an opera about love, about the tiniest and biggest moments in an encounter between two people ... With Patrizia Ciofi, Dietrich Henschel, Noa Frenkel, Terry Wey, Ensemble Nikel, SWR Experimentalstudio, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin
Death in Venice
Benjamin Britten - 22 November 2019
In the decaying atmosphere of Venice, the ageing writer Aschenbach falls prey to his obsessive desire for youth, love and the young Tadzio ... With Ian Bostridge, Seth Carico, Tai Oney, Rauand Taleb et al.
The Snow Queen
Samuel Penderbayne – 22 November 2019
With humour and awe Brigitte Dethier and Samuel Penderbayne will tell a road-trip movie together: musical flowers, a croaking clarinet, a tuba reindeer and the eerily beautiful synthesiser world of the Snow Queen are just a few ingredients in this musical theatre in which the children experience the story up close ...
Tosca
Giacomo Puccini – 23 November 2019
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 Nina Stemme, Fabio Sartori and Ambrogio Maestri
Un ballo in maschera
Giuseppe Verdi – 24 November 2019
The gloom of King Gustav III's and Amelia's tragic love affair, which has all the signs of being their destiny, is in counterpoint to the radiant atmosphere at court. Against a backdrop of elegant dance music the catastrophe unfolds. With Yosep Kang, Thomas Lehman, Tamara Wilson, Elena Tsallagova et al.
Turandot
Giacomo Puccini – 25 November 2019 / Generational performance
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. ... With Catherine Foster, Alfred Kim, Elena Tsallagova et al.
Tristan and Isolde
Richard Wagner – 1 December 2019
Betrayal, lost honour, guilt and atonement, passionate, transcendental love, a yearning for death and forgetting… the story of Tristan and Isolde has fascinated writers, poets and musicians alike. The story moved Richard Wagner to create his "opus metaphysicum" (Friedrich Nietzsche), a masterpiece that stands above the long list of other achievements that is Wagner’s body of work … With Stephen Gould, Ante Jerkunica, Nina Stemme et. al.
The Magic Flute
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – 2 December 2019
Mozart's MAGIC FLUTE is the most frequently performed opera in the German-speaking world. This variegated masterpiece straddling Viennese popular theatre, fairytale, myth and the mystery of freemasonry is a puzzle even today ... With Ante Jerkunica, Andrei Danilov, Rainelle Krause, Elena Tsallagova, Philipp Jekal, Meechot Marrero et al.
Manon Lescaut
Giacomo Puccini – 10 December 2019 / Generational performance
Manon Lescaut's delicacy and fragility are only surpassed by their single-mindedness and their absolute dedication to love … With Tatiana Serjan, Noel Bouley, Brian Jagde, Stephen Bronk et. al.
Hansel and Gretel
Engelbert Humperdinck – 15 December 2019
For over a hundred years Engelbert Humperdinck's HANSEL UND GRETEL has been one of the most popular operas for the entire family. The opera with its catchy tunes and dramatic appeal will be traditionally performed around Christmas … With Irene Roberts, Jacquelyn Stucker, Burkhard Ulrich et. al.
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Season 2019/2020
All premieres, repertoire performances, concerts and much more.
In our blog – Performances from 22 November
Being Britten
The great tenor Peter Pears was Benjamin Britten's muse. Now Ian Bostridge is singing his darkest roles, Gustav von Aschenbach. Ian Bostridge is famous for his Schubert and many Britten interpretations. The British tenor will have his house debut at the Deutsche Oper Berlin with one of his most celebrated roles.
Our video highlights
Video – 02:08 min / World premiere on 15 November 2019
"Heart Chamber": First stage reactions
Video – 04:11 min / Back on stage in November 2019
Seth Carico and Graham Vick about "Death in Venice"
Video – 02:24 min / Back on stage in June 2020
Som impressions from "La forza del destino"
Video – 01:40 min
100 Seconds with Meechot Marrero
An interview with Claus Guth
Psychedelic rollercoaster ride
For many years Claus Guth has been one of the world’s outstanding directors of opera, always on the lookout for present-day topicality and relevance in the classic repertory works. Yet he repeatedly finds that it is the new musical-theatre works of the 21st century that pose the trickiest challenges. Claus Guth is now about to stage “Heart Chamber”, a new opera by Chaya Czernowin, at the Deutsche Oper Berlin.
To our world premiere – THE SNOW QUEEN, from 22 November 2019
Just climb over them!
THE SNOW QUEEN is about a girl who bursts the chains of cold. Hanna Plaß sings and acts the title role. In her mind, boundaries are for overcoming.
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.
World premiere on 15 November 2019
Making opera! Heart Chamber
Back on stage from 22 November 2019
Death in Venice
Opera in two acts by Benjamin Britten; Conductor: Markus Stenz; Director: Graham Vick; With Ian Bostridge, Seth Carico, Tai Oney, Rauand Taleb et al.
20 December 2019
Die Fledermaus
Operetta in three acts by Johann Strauß; Libretto by Karl Haffner and Richard Genée. With Burkhard Ulrich, Jacquelyn Wagner, Stephen Bronk, Jana Kurucová, Robert Watson, Philipp Jekal et al.