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BerlinLearNew production
Reimann: Lear
Nicholas Carter; Barrie Kosky; Komische Oper Berlin; Rebecca Ringst; Klaus Bruns; Olaf Freese; Orchester der Komischen Oper Berlin
BerlinEugene Onegin
Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin
Anna Skryleva; Barrie Kosky; Komische Oper Berlin; Rebecca Ringst; Klaus Bruns; Franck Evin; Orchester der Komischen Oper Berlin
BerlinMadama Butterfly
Puccini: Madama Butterfly
Yi-Chen Lin; Andrea Breth; Komische Oper Berlin; Raimund Orfeo Voigt; Ursula Renzenbrink; Alexander Koppelmann; Orchester der Komischen Oper Berlin
BerlinEchnaton (Akhnaten)
Glass: Akhnaten
Jonathan Stockhammer; Barrie Kosky; Komische Oper Berlin; Klaus Grünberg; Klaus Bruns; Orchester der Komischen Oper Berlin
BerlinSemele
Handel: Semele
George Petrou; Barrie Kosky; Komische Oper Berlin; Natacha Le Guen de Kerneizon; Carla Teti; Alessandro Carletti; Orchester der Komischen Oper Berlin
BerlinThe Golden Cockerel
Rimsky-Korsakov: Le Coq d'or (The Golden Cockerel)
James Gaffigan; Barrie Kosky; Komische Oper Berlin; Rufus Didwiszus; Victoria Behr; Franck Evin; Orchester der Komischen Oper Berlin
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