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Olavinlinna, also known as St Olaf's Castle, provides an atmospheric setting for Verdi's take on Shakespeare's “Scottish play”. 

The French director updates the action to the present day, underscoring the validity of the plot – feuding families and class differences are still relevant. 

With Claus Guth directing and Simone Young on the podium, the Staatsoper Unter den Linden's new production of Mussorgsky's Khovanshchina proves that the past isn't really past. 

Commissioned by the Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Oscar Strasnoy and Sigrid Behrens' new chamber opera Robinson turns its source into an immersive meditation on modern isolation and loneliness.

Lebendiger kann eine 300 Jahre alte Oper nicht sein. An der Staatsoper Unter den Linden wurde Monteverdis Oper in der großartigen Inszenierung von Eva-Maria Höckmayr wieder aufgenommen und begeisterte erneut das Publikum.