Deutsche Oper Berlin 2023-24 Review: Siegfried

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(Photo: Bernd Uhlig) “Siegfried” is a deceptively complicated opera, perhaps one of the most difficult in all “Der Ring” to pull off both musically and scenically. The main reason is that much of Wagner’s storytelling brings its characters to realizations within themselves, with inner drives and motivations lashing out often in vehemence and violence. What’s more, the once-recognizable leitmotifs are {…}

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Deutsche Oper Berlin 2023-24 Review: Die Walküre

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(Credit: Fotos von Bernd Uhlig, Kontakt: [email protected]) Often after watching a perplexing rendition of “Das Rheingold“, critics and public alike might proclaim: “Let’s see what will happen tomorrow night. Let us hold our judgement until then, to see where all of this is going.” And then, Herheim’s “Die Walküre” began, proving to be the worst of the cycle. The First {…}

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Deutsche Oper Berlin 2023-24 Review: Das Rheingold

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(Fotos von Bernd Uhlig, Kontakt: [email protected]) It does seem that the 2021 Deutsche Oper Berlin’s Ring has been somewhat of a success over the last few years. And this is good for opera. A major achievement, this as other cycles, after the centennial Patrice Chéreau staging have created negative stirrings, indeed vivid contestations largely due to mistaken stage-director conceptions ingrained {…}

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Deutsche Oper Berlin Announces Cast Change for ‘Fidelio’

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The Deutsche Oper Berlin has announced cast changes for its October performances of Beethoven’s “Fidelio.” The company said that for the Oct. 20, 26, and 30, 2024 performances, Artur Garbas will take over the role of Don Fernando replacing Joel Allison. Meanwhile, Joel Allison will take over the role of Don Pizarro replacing the originally announced Markus Brück. Garbas has {…}

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Deutsche Oper Berlin 2023-24 Review: Der Ring des Nibelungen

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(Photo credit: Bernd Uhlig) The man who gave the opera world its most dazzling 21st century “Parsifal,” Stefan Herheim, continues his quest to interrogate the Romantic text that is Richard Wagner’s “Ring of the Nibelungen.” Inspired refreshing of a 150-year-old work of art can provide new insights and flashes of illumination. But conceptual pyrotechnics can just as easily destroy its {…}

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Deutsche Oper Berlin 2024 Review: Der Ring des Nibelungen

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(Photo by Bernd Uhlig) I’m back in Berlin, a city I favor and enjoy so much, ready for yet another Ring cycle at Deutsche Oper, a large, comfortable 1850-seat theatre boldly designed in the Modernist style and simply ideal for large-scale productions. And none comes much larger than those penned by Giacomo Meyerbeer, Richard Strauss and Richard Wagner Therefore, with {…}

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Deutsche Oper Berlin Awards Peter Seiffert Honorary Membership

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The Deutsche Oper Berlin has announced that Peter Seiffert will be awarded an honorary membership. The company said, “Over 300 performances in 26 roles and almost four decades at and for the Deutsche Oper Berlin: Tonight, 22 May 2024, after the first act of Richard Wagner’s ‘Die Walküre,’ we award Kammersänger Peter Seiffert an honorary membership of the Deutsche Oper {…}

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Marigona Qerkezi, Adela Zaharia, Ramona Zaharia, Konu Kim, Liana Aleksanyan, Alasdair Kent & Scott Hendricks Lead Deutsche Oper am Rhein’s 2024-25 Season

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The Deutsche Oper am Rhein has announced its 2024-25 season. Premieres Verdi’s “Nabucco” will be directed by Ilaria Lanzino. Vitali Alekseenok and Katharina Müllner conduct a cast that includes Alexey Zelenkov, Eduardo Aladrén, Jussi Myllys, Liang Li, Svetlana Kasyan, and Marigona Qerkezi. Performance Dates: Sept. 15-Dec. 25, 2024 Christoph Stöcker and Katharina Müllner conduct Jerry Bock, Joseph Stein, and Sheldon Harnick’s {…}

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Deutsche Oper Berlin Announces Cast Change for ‘Don Giovanni’

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The Deutsche Oper Berlin has announced a cast change for its production of “Don Giovanni” on July 2, 2024. The company said Caitlin Gotimer will take over the role of Donna Anna in place of Flurina Stucki. Gotimer has performed at the Arizona Opera, Dayton Opera, Santa Fe Opera, and Palm Beach Opera. Her repertoire includes the music of Mozart, Puccini, {…}

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Deutsche Oper Berlin 2023-24 Review: Siegfried

Deutsche Oper Berlin 2023-24 Review: Die Walküre

Deutsche Oper Berlin 2023-24 Review: Das Rheingold

Deutsche Oper Berlin Announces Cast Change for ‘Fidelio’

Deutsche Oper Berlin 2023-24 Review: Der Ring des Nibelungen

Deutsche Oper Berlin 2024 Review: Der Ring des Nibelungen

Deutsche Oper Berlin Awards Peter Seiffert Honorary Membership

Marigona Qerkezi, Adela Zaharia, Ramona Zaharia, Konu Kim, Liana Aleksanyan, Alasdair Kent & Scott Hendricks Lead Deutsche Oper am Rhein’s 2024-25 Season

Deutsche Oper Berlin Announces Cast Change for ‘Don Giovanni’