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Straussian pastoral: Vera-Lotte Boecker is the ideal Daphne at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden

By Elena Luporini, 19 February 2023

Romeo Castellucci's new production of Daphne for the Staatsoper reflects on our relationship with nature, subverting the perspective of Richard Strauss' opera.

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Berlin

21 Feb 2023

Straussian pastoral: Daphne at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden

By Elena Luporini

Geneva

A fable without morality: Eötvös' Sleepless fascinates and unsettles

By Elodie Olson-Coons, 29 March 2022

Péter Eötvös’ new opera dazzles and dismays in equal measure at the Grand Théâtre de Genève.

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Geneva

30 Mar 2022

A fable without morality: Eötvös' Sleepless fascinates and unsettles

By Elodie Olson-Coons

Berlin

A parable for our times: Peter Eötvös' Sleepless premieres at the Staatsoper Berlin

By Zenaida des Aubris, 28 November 2021

Peter Eötvös's thirteenth opera, based on the Trilogy by Norwegian author Jon Fosse, chronicles the struggles of a young couple to search for their own identity and place in society.

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Berlin

30 Nov 2021

A parable for our times: Eötvös' Sleepless premieres in Berlin

By Zenaida des Aubris

Berlin

Oscar Wilde takes centre stage in Staatsoper's Salome at Unter den Linden

By Laura Servidei, 04 December 2019

The Staatsoper revives a confused production by Hans Neuenfels, under the baton of Thomas Guggeis.

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Berlin

06 Dec 2019

Oscar Wilde takes centre stage in Staatsoper's Salome

By Laura Servidei

Berlin

Barocktage opens at the Berlin Staatsoper with a murder: Scarlatti’s Il primo omicidio

By Laura Servidei, 01 November 2019

Romeo Castellucci’s inspiring and spiritual production lands in Berlin, with a superb cast of Baroque specialists and the B’Rock Orchestra under the baton of René Jacobs.

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Berlin

03 Nov 2019

Barocktage opens with a murder: Scarlatti’s Il primo omicidio

By Laura Servidei

Berlin

A dreary Katya Kabanova is rescued by great singing at the Staatsoper Berlin

By Laura Servidei, 10 October 2019

The Staatsoper Unter den Linden revives Andrea Breth’s desolate production of Janáček’s masterpiece with a great cast led by conductor Thomas Guggeis.

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Berlin

12 Oct 2019

A dreary Katya Kabanova is rescued by great singing at the Staatsoper

By Laura Servidei

Berlin

Einspringer save the day in a joyous Staatsoper Meistersinger

By Hugo Shirley, 14 April 2019

There's little to like in Andrea Moses' production, but a fine cast and glorious playing and conducting make for an enthralling performance of Wagner's grand comedy.

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Berlin

16 Apr 2019

Einspringer save the day in a joyous Staatsoper Meistersinger

By Hugo Shirley

Berlin

The silvery light of the moon: Neuenfels' bloodless Salome at the Berliner Staatsoper

By Hugo Shirley, 08 March 2018

Hans Neuenfels new Salome proves a strangely non-committal affair at the Staatsoper, but Thomas Guggeis conducts impressively.

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Berlin

10 Mar 2018

Neuenfels' bloodless Salome in Berlin

By Hugo Shirley

Berlin

Sweet nothings: a disappointing new Hänsel und Gretel at the Staatsoper Berlin

By Hugo Shirley, 08 December 2017

Achim Freyer's production robs Humperdinck's fairy tale of heart and drama at the Lindenoper.

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Berlin

09 Dec 2017

Sweet nothings: a disappointing Hänsel und Gretel

By Hugo Shirley

Berlin

Cold discomfort: Andrea Breth's uncompromising Kát'a Kabanová at the Staatsoper

By Hugo Shirley, 14 June 2017

Eva-Maria Westbroek proves an outstanding Káťa in the Staatsoper's revival of Janáček's opera, powerfully conducted by Simon Rattle.

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Berlin

15 Jun 2017

Cold discomfort: an uncompromising Kát'a Kabanová

By Hugo Shirley

Berlin

A dream team at Staatsoper Berlin for Martinů's Juliette

By Karen Hunter, 28 May 2016

An outstanding premiere of Bohuslav Martinů's Juliette at the Schiller Theater in Berlin has a delighted public jumping to their feet with applause.

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Berlin

30 May 2016

A Dream team at Staatsoper Berlin for Martinů's Juliette

By Karen Hunter

Berlin

Tradition and transformation of a culture: Staatsoper Berlin's Die Meistersinger

By Ako Imamura, 11 October 2015

Staatsoper Berlin opens its season with a strong new production of Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg that pays homage to the past and at the same time points to the future.

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Berlin

13 Oct 2015

Tradition and transformation of a culture

By Ako Imamura