Performer: Chorsolisten der Komischen Oper Berlin

BerlinLearNew production

Nicole Chevalier (Regan), Scott Hendricks (Lear) and Rosie Aldridge (Goneril) © Monika Rittershaus

Tempelhof Airport, Sep 22, 24, 26, 29, Oct 01, 03

Reimann: Lear

Nicholas Carter; Barrie Kosky; Komische Oper Berlin; Rebecca Ringst; Klaus Bruns; Olaf Freese; Orchester der Komischen Oper Berlin

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Schillertheater: Großer Saal, Oct 09, 17, 23, 30, Nov 07, 13, 20, Dec 04, 11, 23, 28, 31

Offenbach: Orphée aux enfers (Orpheus in the Underworld)

James Hendry; Barrie Kosky; Komische Oper Berlin; Rufus Didwiszus; Victoria Behr; Franck Evin; Orchester der Komischen Oper Berlin

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Schillertheater: Großer Saal, Oct 24, 31, Nov 14, 22, Dec 12, 16, 22, 25

Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin

Anna Skryleva; Barrie Kosky; Komische Oper Berlin; Rebecca Ringst; Klaus Bruns; Franck Evin; Orchester der Komischen Oper Berlin

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Schillertheater: Großer Saal, Nov 21, 28, Dec 03, 05, 10, 18, 27, 2027 Jan 02, 15

Puccini: Madama Butterfly

Yi-Chen Lin; Andrea Breth; Komische Oper Berlin; Raimund Orfeo Voigt; Ursula Renzenbrink; Alexander Koppelmann; Orchester der Komischen Oper Berlin

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Schillertheater: Großer Saal, Dec 06, 15, 19, 21, 29, 2027 Jan 08, 23

Humperdinck: Hänsel und Gretel

James Gaffigan; Dagmar Manzel; Komische Oper Berlin; Killian Farrell; Korbinian Schmidt; Victoria Behr; Olaf Freese

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Schillertheater: Großer Saal, 2027 Jan 09, 14, 16, 22, 24, 29, 31, Feb 07, 13, 20

Glass: Akhnaten

Jonathan Stockhammer; Barrie Kosky; Komische Oper Berlin; Klaus Grünberg; Klaus Bruns; Orchester der Komischen Oper Berlin

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Aribert Reimann’s Lear takes off at Tempelhof Airport

David Grundy, 16 Sep

Relentlessness is the keyword of Aribert Reimann’s modernist Lear, in a stripped-down new Komische Oper Berlin production by Barrie Kosky.

****1

Ema Nikolovska (Orlando) and Karolina Gumos (Queen) © Jan Windszus Photography

Elena Luporini, 16 May

The German premiere of Olga Neuwirth’s Orlando at the Komische Oper cements it as a postmodern grand opéra – for better or for worse.

***11

Zenaida des Aubris, 28 Mar

The Baroque confectionery of Herbert Fritsch's production of Handel's oratorio belies a serious core which is all too close to today's headlines.

****1

John Holiday (Akhnaten) and ensemble © Monika Rittershaus

Zenaida des Aubris, 23 Mar

Barrie Kosky's new production of Philip Glass' Akhnaten for Komische Oper at the Schillertheater removes any egyptological references.

****1

Brandon Cedel (Hercules) © Monika Rittershaus

Zenaida des Aubris, 03 Mar

Handel's seldom-performed Hercules becomes the latest oratorio to undergo the Kosky treatment at Komische Oper.

****1

Kosky's soufflé for Verdi's Falstaff falls flat in Berlin

Zenaida des Aubris, 30 Apr

A dearth of nuance affects this new production of Verdi's late masterpiece in Berlin, set in Sir John's gourmet kitchen.

**111

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