Performer: Olaf Freese

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Tempelhof Airport, Sep 16, 18, 20, 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, Nov 01, 02 mat, 06 mat, 15, 23 mat, 24 mat, 29, Dec 08 mat, 09 mat, 13, 26 mat, 2027 Jan 03, 10, 17

Wittenbrink: Pippi Longstocking

Geoffrey Loff; Dagmar Manzel; Komische Oper Berlin; Korbinian Schmidt; Victoria Behr; Olaf Freese; 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 Apr 17, 25, May 02, 06, 18

Rantala: Cast a Diva

Iiro Rantala; Ingo Kerkhof; Komische Oper Berlin; Hana Ramujkić; Britta Leonhardt; Olaf Freese; Orchester der Komischen Oper Berlin

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Schillertheater: Großer Saal, 2027 May 09, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, Jun 04, 05

Gershwin: Porgy and Bess

James Gaffigan; Barrie Kosky; Komische Oper Berlin; Andrew Grams; Jan Freese; Dede Ayite; Olaf Freese

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Schillertheater: Großer Saal, 2027 Jun 13, 16, 18, 20, 22, 25, 27, 30, Jul 02, 04

Sondheim: Sweeney Todd

Koen Schoots; Barrie Kosky; Komische Oper Berlin; Geoffrey Loff; Katrin Lea Tag; Olaf Freese

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Orlando revisited: Olga Neuwirth’s Woolf adaptation comes to Berlin

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

Peter Rose, Nikola Hillebrand, Patricia Nolz, Christian Thielemann and Julia Kleiter © Jenny Bohse

Mark Pullinger, 28 Mar

Patricia Nolz makes an outstanding role debut as Christian Thielemann conducts a thrusting Rosenkavalier to open the Staatsoper Unter den Linden's Festtage.

*****

Ambur Braid (Katerina Izmailova) © Monika Rittershaus

Zenaida des Aubris, 31 Jan

Shostakovich's opera is laid bare in Berlin, to devastating effect, with a distinguished cast led by Ambur Braid.

****1

Sir Simon Keenlyside (Wozzeck) and Stephan Milling (Doctor) © Stephan Rabold

Elena Luporini, 14 Dec

The Staatsoper Unter den Linden celebrates the 100th birthday of Alban Berg's masterpiece with a stellar cast in Andrea Breth’s revived production.

***11

Elza van den Heever (Salome) © Evan Zimmerman | Met Opera

Robert Levine, 02 May

Claus Guth's new production at the Metropolitan Opera, originally seen at the Bolshoi in 2021, moves the action from biblical Judea to the era of the opera's composition.

*****

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