The Deutshce Oper Berlin has announced its 2020-21 season featuring six new productions and a new Ring Cycle.

Premieres

The season kicks off with “The 7 Deaths of Maria Callas,” which will be directed by Marina Abramovic. Marina Abramovic, Nadezhda Karyazina, Whitney Morrison, Leah Hawkins, Adela Zaharia, Selene Zanetti, Gabriella Reyes, and Mané Galoyan will lead the cast.

Performance Dates: August 19-21, 2020

Conductor Jader Bignamini will lead a production of “Simon Boccanegra” directed by Vasily Barkhatov. George Petean, Dong-Hwan Lee, and Etienne Dupuis alternate the title role with Attilo Glaser as Adorno. Nicole Car and Eleonora Buratto alternate as Amelia and Liang Li, Ante Jerkunica, and Patrick Guetti all take on Fiesco.

Performance Dates: Nov. 22, 2020 -Feb. 7, 2021

Zandonai and Ricordi’s “Francesca de Rimini” will be directed by Christof Loy and conducted by Carlo Rizzi. Sara Jakubiak takes on the title role alongside Jonathan Tetelman, Ivan Inverardi, and Charles Workman.

Performance Dates: March 14- April 3, 2021

Benedikt von Peter will stage Bach’s “St. Matthew’s Passion” under the music direction of Alessandro De Marchi. Stebastian Kohlhepp, Mané Galoyan, Annika Schlicht, Michael Kim, Thomas Lehman, Joel Alison, and Padraic Rowan will be the soloists.

Performance Dates: April 25- June 5, 2021

David Hermann directs a new production of Beethoven’s “Fidelio” with Donald Runnicles conducting. Ingela Brimberg takes on the role of Leonora with Brian Jagde as Florestan. Other cast members include Gideon Poppe, Andrew Dickinson, Seth Carico, Markus Brück, Philipp Jekai, Thomas Lehman, and Jacquelyn Stucker.

Performance Dates: June 12 – 27, 2021

The company will also present a concert version of Délibes’ “Lakmé” starring Javier Camarena, Jean-François Lapointe, Jana Kurucová, Andrei Danilov, Mané Galoyan, and Lionel Lhote. Enrique Mazzola conducts.

Performance Dates: June 20 & 23, 2021

The company will present Wagner’s “Der Ring des Nibelungen” in a production by Stefan Herheim under the musical direction of Donald Runnicles.

“Das Rheingold” will feature Derek Welton, Padraic Rowan, Robert Watson, Thomas Blondelle, Markus Brück, Ya-Chung Huang, Andrew Harris, Tobias Kehrer, Annika Schlicht, Flurina Stucki, and Judit Kutasi.

Performance Dates: June 12-27, 2020

“Die Walküre” will star Brandon Jovanovich, Tobias Kehrer, John Lundgren, Lise Davidsen, Annika Schict, and Nina Stemme.

Performance Dates: Sept. 27-Oct. 11, 2020

“Siegfried” will star Simon O’Neil, Ya-Chung Huang, Iain Paterson, Markus Brück, Tobias Kehrer, Lindsay Ammann, and Nina Stemme.

Performance Dates: Jan. 24-Feb. 6, 2021

“Götterdämmerung” will star Simon O’Neill, Thomas Lehrer, Markus Brück, Jordan Shanaham, Gidon Saka, Nina Stemme, Aile Asszonyi, and Okka van der Damerau.

Performance Dates: Oct. 17-31, 2021

Cycle 1: Nov. 9, 10, 12, 14 2021
Cycle 2: Nov. 16, 17, 19, 21 2021
Cycle 3: Jan. 4, 5, 7, 9 2022

 

 

Revivals

Verdi’s “Aida” returns with Elena Stikhina and Maria Teresa Leva in the title role, Judit Kutasi as Amneris, Jorge de León as Radames, and Markus Brück as Amonasro. Giampaolo Bisanti conducts.

Performance Dates: August 28-Sept. 19, 2020

Rossini’s “Il Barbiere di Siviglia” is set to star Philippe Talbot, Matthew Newlin, Misha Kiria, Noel Bouley, Annalisa Stroppa, Jana Kurucová, Vasilisa Berzhanskaya, Philipp Jekal, Thomas Lehman, Patrick Guetti, Andrew Harris, and Tobias Kehrer. Yi-Chen Lin conducts.

Performance Dates: Dec. 21 & 32 & March 22 & 26, 2021

Puccini’s “La Bohème” is set to be conducted by Stephan Zilias with Attilio Glaser and Andrei Danilov as Rodolfo, Elena Tsallagova and Ekaterina Siurina as Mimì, Meechot Marrero and Alexandra Hutton as Musetta, and Samuel Dale Johnson and Noel Bouley as Marcello.

Performance Dates: Dec. 23, 2020-Jan.2, 2021

Stefan Blunier and Marie Jacquot conduct Bizet’s “Carmen” with Aigul Akhmetshina and Irene Roberts in the title role, Robert Watson, Elena Tsallagova, Mané Galoyan, Joel Allison, and Markus Brück.

Performance Dates: Oct. 16-24, 2020 & April 15 & 29, 2021

Mozart’s “Cosi Fan Tutte” returns with Daniel Cohen leading the cast which includes Flurina Stucki, Amira Elmadfa, Dean Murphy, Andrei Danilov, Nicola Ulivieri, and Alexandra Hutton.

Performance Dates: Oct. 20-Nov. 15, 2020

Russell Thomas and Yosep Kang share the title role of Verdi’s “Don Carlo” with Carlo Rizzi and Donald Runnicles conducting.

The production will also star Rachel Willis-Sørensen, Dinara Alieva, Judit Kutasi, Anita Rachvelishvili, Davide Luciano, Albert Pesendorfer, Patrick Guetti, Roberto Tagliavini, and Ildar Abdrazakov.

Performance Dates: April 1-10 & June 6-13, 2021

Samuel Dale Johnson sings the title role in Mozart’s “Don Giovanni” with Flurina Stucki, Matthew Newlin, Tobias Kehrer, Patrick Guetti, Jacquelyn Stucker, Seth Carico, Padraic Rowan, and Alexandra Hutton. Nicholas Milton conducts.

Performance Dates: April 9-21, 2021

Ante Jerkunica sings the title role role in Massenet’s “Don Quichotte” with Seth Carico as Sancho Pansa, Irene Roberts as Dulcinée, Alexandra Hutton as Pedro, and Samuel Dale Johnson as Juan. Jordan de Souza conducts.

Performance Dates: Feb. 11-20, 2021

Verdi’s “Falstaff” stars Misha Kiria, Thomas Lehman, Mingjie Lei, Annette Dasch, Meechot Marrero, and Annika Schlicht. Ivan Repusic conducts.

Performance Dates: Oct. 30-28, 2020

Nicholas Carter and Daniel Carter alternate conducting Wagner’s “Der Fliegende Holander” with Egils Silins, Oleksandr Pushniak, and Thomas Johannes Mayer as the Dutchman, Patrick Guetti, Tobias Kehrer, and Günther Groissböck as Daland, Catherine Foster, Martina Welschenbach, and Elisabeth Teige as Senta, and Patrick Cook and Thomas Blondelle as Erik.

Performance Dates: Feb. 14-March 18 & May 22 & 28, 2021

Liudmyla Monastyrska, Roman Burdenko, Russell Thomas, Jana Kurucová, and Patrick Guetti star Verdi’s “La Forza del Destino” with Paolo Arrivabeni conducting.

Performance Dates: June 18-26, 2021

Ponchielli’s rarely performed “La Gioconda” returns to the stage with Irina Churilova, Beth Taylor, Marko Mimica, Annika Schlicht, Judit Kutasi, Joseph Calleja, and Roman Burdenko. Ivan Repusic conducts.

Performance Dates: Sept. 5-25, 2020

Rachel Harnisch, Annika Schlicht, Anastasia Bickel, Seth Carico, Stephen Bronk, and Thomas Blondelle star in Reimann’s “L’Invisible” with Aribert Reimann’s conducting his work.

Performance Dates: Feb. 26-March 13, 2021

Two cast highlight Wagner’s “Lohengrin.” First Piotr Beczala, Rachel Willis-Sørensen, Thomas Johannes Mayer, and Anna Smirnova.

The second cast is set to star Klaus Florian Vogt, Camilla Nylund, Martin Gantner, and Christine Goerke. Donald Runnicles conducts.

Performance Dates: Jan 30-Feb. 13 & May 23 & 30, 2021

Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly” is set to star Elena Guseva, Asmik Grigorian, María José Siri, Irene Roberts, Jana Kurucová, Robert Watson, Joshua Guerrero, Migran Agadzhanyan, and Thomas Lehman.

Performance Dates: Nov. 20-Dec. 5, 2020 & May 15 & 18, 2021

Amartuvshin Enkhbat and Badral Chuluunbaatar star in Verdi’s “Nabucco” with Saioa Hernandez, Zoya Tsererina, and Anna Pirozzi, Patrick Cook, Robert Watson, Attilio Glaser, Marko Mimica, Günther Groissböck, Alexander Vinogradov, Irene Roberts, Arianna Manganello, and Aigul Akhmetshina.

Roberto Rizzi Brignoli and Daniel Carter conduct.

Performance Dates: August 15-30, 2020 & Nov. 21-Dec. 29, 2020

Karina Canellakis conducts Mozart’s “Le Nozze di Figaro” with Thomas Lehman, Marita Sølberg, Jeanine De Bique, Meechot Marrero, and Byung Gil Kim. 

Performance Dates: August 31-Sept. 6, 2020

Stephan Zilias conducts Wagner’s “Rienzi” with Andreas Schager in the title role, Martina Welschenbach, Andrew Harris, Annika Schlicht, Noel Bouley, Joel Allison, and Clemens Bieber.

Performance Dates: May 14-29, 2021

Yi-Chen Lin and Daniel Carter conduct’s Verdi’s “Rigoletto” with Javier Camarena, Andrei Danilov, and Piero Pretti sharing the role of the Duke, Amartuvshin Enkhbat and Juan Jesús Rodríguez in the title role and Heather Engebretson and Elena Tsallagova as Gilda.

Performance Dates: March 6-April 7, 2021

Cristina Pasaroiu takes on the title role of Puccini’s “La Rondine” with Alexandra Hutton, Saimir Pirgu, and Matthew Newlin. John Fiore conducts Rolando Villazón’s production.

Performance Dates: Jan. 10-20, 2021

Donald Runnicles conducts Wagner’s “Tannhäuser” with Andreas Schager in the title role, Günther Groissböck, Thomas Lehman, Clemens Bieber, and Sara Jakubiak who sings both Elisabeth and Venus.

Performance Dates: Dec. 20, 2020-Jan. 9, 2021

Malin Byström, Sondra Radvanovsky and Anja Harteros share the title role of Puccini’s “Tosca” with Fabio Sartori and Joseph Calleja alternating as Cavaradossi and Roman Burdenko, Carlos Álvarez, and Lucio Gallo sharing the role of Scarpia. Nicholas Milton and Donald Runnicles conducts.

Performance Dates: Oct. 18-Dec. 12, 2020 & April 8 & 11, 2021

Kristina Mkhitaryan, Elena Tsallagova, and Mané Galoyan share the title role of Verdi’s “La Traviata” with Matthew Newlin, Andrei Danilov, Attilio Glaser, Markus Brück, and Dong-Hwan Lee. Yi-Chen Lin, Francesco Lanzillotta, and Daniel Carter conduct.

Performance Dates: Sept. 22-Oct. 10, 2020 & Jan. 17 & 22, 2021 & April 16-May 1, 2021

Elisabeth Teige and Anna Smirnova take on the title role of Puccini’s “Turandot” with Alfred Kim and Martin Muehle with Calaf, Elena Tsallagova and Meechot Marrero as Liu and Byung Gil Kim and Andrew Harris as Timu. Daniel Carter conducts.

Performance Dates: Sept. 30 & Oct. 3, 2020 & Feb. 10-28, 2021

Giacomo Sagripanti and Yi-Chen Lin conduct Rossini’s “Il Viaggio a Reims” with an ensemble cast headed by Elena Tsallagova, Jacquelyn Stucker, Beth Taylor, Marina Monzò, Hulkar Sabirova, Gideon Poppe, Juan de Dios Mateos, Misha Kiria, Biagio Pizzuti, Davide Luciano, Philipp Jekal, Samuel Dale Johnson, Padraic Rowan, Michael Kim, Alexandra Ionis, Arianna Manganello, Davia Bouley, and Tyler Zimmerman.

Performance Dates: March 21-May 13, 2021

Sara Jakubiak, Josef Wagner, and Patrick Cook star in Korngold’s “Das Wunder der Heliane.” Marc Albrecht conducts.

Performance Dates: May 9-June 7, 2021

Mozart’s “Zauberflöte” is set to star Tobias Kehrer, Patrick Guetti, Ante Jerkunica, Matthew Newlin, Attilio Glaser, Andrei Danilov, Rainelle Krause, Hila Fahima, Aleksandra Jovanovic, Valeriia Savinskaia, Mané Galoyan, and Jacquelyn Stucker. Daniel Carter and Yi-Chen Lin conduct.

Performance Dates:  August 14, 2020-June 20, 2021

Mozart’s “The Tales of the Magic Flute” is set to star Valeria Savinskaia, Andrei Danilov, and Patrick Guetti. Yi-Chen Lin and Daniel Carter conduct.

Performance Dates: Nov. 1, 2020-Feb. 2, 2021

Samuel Penderbayne’s “The Snow Queen” stars Sophia Körber, Alexandra Ionis, Martin Gerke, and Hanna Plaß.

Performance Dates: Dec. 4-27, 2020