(Credit: Staatsoper unter der Linden Facebook page) The Staatsoper unter der Linden in Berlin has announced changes to its 2020-21 season. The productions of Verdi’s “Macbeth,” Wagner’s “Tannhäuser,” and Britten’s “The Turn of The Screw” have been canceled, per an official press release. Instead, the opera house will offer three presentations of the gala concert “Viva Verdi!,” on Oct. 4, {…}
(Credits: Theodora Richter/Paris / Andreas Schager official website / Jiyang Chen / Nomi Baumgartl) The Staatsoper unter der Linden has announced that the start of the new season will be dedicated to the momentous 450-year anniversary of the Staatskapelle Berlin. The opera house will deploy stringent COVID-19 rules, including mandatory social distancing and mouth and nose coverings, except when seated {…}
(Credit: Deutsches Nationaltheater Weimar / Bernd Uhlig) The Deutsches Nationaltheater Weimar has announced that Andrea Moses will take over the helm as the new Opera Director. Moses will succeed Hans-Georg Wegner, who is moving to the Mecklenburgische Staatstheater in Schwerin as the new General Director. Moses has already established close connections with the opera house in Weimar and the ensemble {…}
The Staatsoper Berlin has announced an all-new online program, which will feature an opera gala on June 20. The company revealed that starting on May 22, it would showcase multidisciplinary concert programs every Friday with programs available on the company website for several days thereafter. There will also be special programs on some Saturdays. The first program will put a {…}
The Staatsoper Unter Den Linden has announced its 2020-21 season, which features eight new productions and numerous revivals. Premieres Barbara Wysocka directs Francesconi’s “Quartett” with Daniel Barenboim conducting Mojca Erdmann and Thomas Oliemanns. Performance Dates: Oct. 3-18, 2020 Mozart’s “Mitridate, Re di Ponto” is set to be conducted by Marc Minkowski and directed by Satoshi Miyagi. Pene Pati, Julie Fuchs, {…}
(Credit: Staatsoper Berlin/Ken Howard-Metropolitan Opera/P.S. Zoeller) With social distancing in full effect, the opera world has come together to offer up a lot of streaming services. The beauty of it all is that there is seemingly endless choice. But on the other hand, there is so much choice that it could be hard to figure out what to check out. {…}
(Credit: Monika Ritterhaus) Audience members were already en route to Unter den Linden when the news began to spread on social media: the evening’s performance of “Carmen,” the second in a much-anticipated run of performances, would be the final night of Berlin opera before the city’s concert halls and opera houses were forced to close their doors for at least {…}
The Staatsoper unter den Linden has announced that it will provide online streams on its website starting on March 16, 2020 and running through April 19. The offerings will change daily, with some re-runs, and will be available for 24 hours (all opera streams start at noon). The program kicks off with “Manon” starring Anna Netrebko and Rolando Villazón from {…}
(Credit: Monika Ritterhaus) In its second annual Baroque festival, the Staatsoper Berlin spotlighted the work of two contemporaries, Alessandro Scarlatti and Henry Purcell, and the musical cultures of the Italian and English Baroque. Over 10 days and 25 musical performances, the program covered not only opera but a wide array of other material, from a Baroque harp recital to Jacobean {…}
Alondra de la Parra has bowed out of the upcoming revival of “Die Zauberflöte” at the Staatsoper Berlin. As a result, Julien Salemkour will conduct the production by Yuval Sharon. Salemkour was the assistant of Daniel Barenboim from 2000–2012 receiving the title Staatskapellmeister in recognition of his services to the Staatsoper Berlin. Since then he has become an active guest-conductor {…}
The Staatsoper Berlin’s “King Arthur,” in its current production by Sven-Eric Bechtolf and Julian Crouch, began with a deceptively childlike staging. Thirteen empty chairs lined the edge of the stage, their backs against a scrim with the pale blue and white pattern of wallpaper. As René Jacobs led the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin through the overture, actors entered from {…}