staatsoper unter den linden

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French Baroque in style in Berlin

From 17 to 26 November 2023, the Staatsoper Unter den Linden in Berlin will be hosting the Barocktage 2023, where the French presence will be in evidence everywhere. Of the three major productions on the bill, two are from the French repertoire: Charpentier’s Médée (performed by Magdalena Kožená in Peter Sellars‘ staging conducted by Simon […]

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Daniel Barenboim replaced by Christian Thielemann

Since the announcement of Daniel Barenboim‘s illness and then his retirement as director of the Staatsoper Unter den Linden, the news had been expected. Christian Thielemann will take over the reins of Berlin’s historic opera house from September 2024. As the German conductor’s contract as Music Director of the Dresden Staatskapelle comes to an end […]

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Gold for Marlis Petersen :

From 13 to 27 February 2022 at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden, a new triumph is expected for the German soprano Marlis Petersen who, after the success of her Marietta in Korngold’s Die Tote Stadt in Munich, takes on a new golden role as Emilia Marty in The Makropulos Case. Janácek’s rarely performed masterpiece is […]

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Berlin-Zurich, from the linden trees allee to the lakeside

The Opernhaus Zürich wasted no time in announcing the name of its new director, who will succeed Andreas Homoki from the 2025 season. Matthias Schulz is already a well-known figure in the music world, as he is currently the director of the Staatsoper Unter den Linden (where he joined in 2015). Born in Bavaria, Matthias […]

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The last lights of the Saint-Saëns year

It is 100 years since he joined his muses, Camille Saint-Saëns has been celebrated throughout this year 2021, which ends in a climax in Berlin. From 5 to 19 December 2021, the Staatsoper Unter den Linden will present an exceptional cast in Samson et Dalila. The exceptional Wagnerian tenor Andreas Schager will fall under the […]