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Deutsche Oper Berlin Announces Cast Change for ‘Aida’

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The Deutsche Oper Berlin has announced a cast change for its May 22, 2025 performance of Verdi’s “Aida.” The company said that Marigona Qerkezi will make her debut at the Deutsche Oper Berlin, stepping into the title role of “Aida” at short notice. She will take over for Christina Nilsson, who was originally scheduled. Qerkezi noted, “It’s always a privilege, {…}
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Asmik Grigorian, Rolando Villazón, Xabier Anduaga, Jonathan Tetelman, Aigul Akhmetshina, Anastasia Bartoli, Camilla Nylund, Clay Hilley & Freddie De Tommaso Lead Deutsche Oper Berlin’s 2025-26 Season

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(Credit: Deutsche Oper) The Deutsche Oper Berlin has announced its 2025-26 season. Premieres  Detlev Glanert ‘s “Die drei Rätsel” will be conducted by Dominic Limburg and directed by Brigitte Dethier. The production will star Martina Baroni, Philipp Jekal, Chance Jonas-O’Toole, Joel Allison, Padraic Rowan, Maria Vasilevskaya, and Alexandra Oomens. Performance Dates: Oct. 11, 2025-Feb. 15, 2026 Sir Donald Runnicles will {…}
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Deutsche Oper Berlin Dedicates Easter ‘Lohengrin’ Performance to Peter Seiffert

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The Deutsche Oper Berlin is dedicating its April 20 performance of “Lohengrin” to the late Peter Seiffert. Seiffert died on April 14 at the age of 71. In an obituary from the Deutsche Oper Berlin, the company said, “‘Im fernen Land, unnahbar euren Schritten’ – for anyone who had the good fortune to hear Peter Seiffert sing the role of {…}
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Deutsche Oper Berlin 2024-25 Review: Turandot

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(Credit: Bettina Soss) On Feb. 14, 2025, the Deutsche Oper Berlin closed its revival of “Turandot.” The company was reviving its 2008 production by Lorenzo Fioroni, which is set in a fairy-tale realm of an indeterminable period. However, it is set in the context of a modern-day dictatorship with the riddle and execution scenes given a ritualistic, quasi-religious role. The {…}
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Anna Handler Appointed Kapellmeister of the Deutsche Oper Berlin

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Anna Handler has been appointed Kapellmeister of the Deutsche Oper Berlin. She wil begin her new position during the 2025-26 season and is scheduled to conduct 11 different opera performances at Deutsche Oper Berlin in her first season. The German-Colombian conductor and pianist Handler was a Dudamel Fellow of the Los Angeles Philharmonic and in September 2024, she began her {…}
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Deutsche Oper Berlin Announces Another Cast Change for ‘Die Frau Ohne Schatten’

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The Deutsche Oper Berlin has announced a cast change for its Feb. 8 performance of “Die Frau ohne Schatten.” The company said, “Lise Lindström takes over the role of the Dyer’s Wife from Catherine Foster.” Lindström is known for her Turandot, Senta, Elektra, and Brünnhilde, and has performed at the Metropolitan Opera, San Francisco Opera, Vienna State Opera, the Royal {…}
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Deutsche Oper Berlin Announces Ring Cycle for 2025-26 Season

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(Credit: Bernd Uhlig) The Deutsche Oper Berlin has announced that it will present the Ring Cycle during the 2025-26 season. The company said that it will present full cycles from May 16 to May 31, 2026. There will be two cycles featuring Stefan Herheim’s production. Among the cast are Ya-Chung Huang (Mime), Iain Paterson and Thomas J. Mayer (Wotan), Annika {…}

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