The Deutsche Oper Berlin has announced that it will open its doors on June 12. The company stated via social media that it will open with “Das Rheingold.” The opera will be performed five times in a 90-minute chamber edition by the British composer Jonathan Dove. The first part of Wagner’s tetralogy will star Derek Welton, Padraic Rowan, Thomas Blondelle, {…}
Chancellor Angela Merkel has extended Germany’s lockdown until May 3 as a result of the coronavirus. Merkel announced in a video that Germany would maintain restrictions and would slowly open non-essential businesses after May 3. However, theaters and sporting events would be banned until August 31, 2020 due to the high risk these venues pose. The new restrictions will undoubtedly {…}
(Credit: Pedro Walter) Plácido Domingo will no longer perform at the Deutsche Oper Berlin. The company announced its plans for the 2020-21 season, and it was revealed that three performances of “Don Carlo,” which originally featured the famed singer on June 6, 10, and 13, 2021, no longer have him in the slate. Per reports, the contract was terminated by {…}
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: {…}
(Credit: Allan Richard Tobis) Russian lyric coloratura soprano Elena Tsallagova is a member of the ensemble of the Deutsche Oper Berlin. She has performed on a number of the biggest opera stages in the world, including Opéra National de Paris and Lyric Opera of Chicago, among others. Known for her deep vocal versatility and theatrical prowess, Tsallagova has performed title {…}
(Credit: Deutsche Oper Berlin/Bettina Stöß) When Giacomo Meyerbeer died on May 2 in 1864 in Paris, he was one of the most performed composers of his time. However, in Berlin, where he was dubbed “the greatest Berlin composer,” Meyerbeer’s operas were seldom performed. And in the years since his death, his work has never quite managed to find a foothold {…}
(Credit: Deutsche Oper Berlin/Bettina Stöß) Based on a comedy by William Shakespeare, Britten and Pears’ “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” had its world premiere at the Aldeburgh Festival on June 11, 1960, with the composer conducting. Britten and Pears tried to bring Shakespeare’s magical world onstage both as a play and as a vocal piece. Alas, the opera has since struggled {…}
(Credit: Staatstheater Wiesbaden) Soprano Gloria Rehm will replace Alexandra Hutton in the role of Blonde in the Mozart and Stephanie’s “Die Entführung aus dem Serail” at the Deutsche Oper Berlin on Feb. 18, per an official statement on the company’s website. Rehm will join the cast for the final performance in the run that includes Annabelle Mandeng, Flurina Stucki, Matthew {…}
(Credit: © Harcourt – Paris/RSB Artists) French baritone Florian Sempey will not be appearing in the concert performances of Meyerbeer, Barbier and Carré’s opera “Dinorah, ou Le Pardon de Ploërmel” at the Deutsche Oper Berlin for performances on March 4 and 7, 2020. As a result, baritone Régis Mengus will perform in his stead. Mengus will join a cast that {…}
(Credit: Sven-Helge Czichy) Soprano Gloria Rehm will replace soprano Alexandra Hutton as Blonde in the Mozart and Stephanie’s “Die Entführung aus dem Serail” at the Deutsche Oper Berlin on February 10, per an official statement on the company’s website. Rehm will join a cast that includes Annabelle Mandeng, Flurina Stucki, Matthew Newlin, Ya-Chung Huang and Patrick Guetti. Nicholas Milton will {…}
(Credit: Opus 3 Artists) Conductor John Fiore will replace the General Music Director of the Deutsche Oper Berlin Donald C. Runnicles for the opening night of Wagner’s “Parsifal” on May 17, per the official statement on the company’s website. Fiore will lead the cast that includes Klaus Florian Vogt, Sir Simon Keenlyside, Tanja Ariane Baumgartner, Günther Groissböck, Andrew Harris, Derek {…}
