Performer: Olaf Freese

BerlinOrlandoNew production

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Schillertheater: Großer Saal, Sat 6 Jun at 19:00

Neuwirth: Orlando

Johannes Kalitzke; Ewa Marciniec; Komische Oper Berlin; Mirek Kaczmarek; Julia Kornacka; Olaf Freese; Orchester der Komischen Oper Berlin

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BerlinLearNew production

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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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BerlinPippi Longstocking

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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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BerlinHansel and Gretel

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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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BerlinCast a DivaWorld premiere

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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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BerlinPorgy and BessNew production

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

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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

Handel’s Belshazzar at Komische Oper Berlin

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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

Young stars shine in the Staatsoper Berlin’s Rosenkavalier

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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.

*****

Barrie Kosky directs a ferocious new Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk

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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

Happy 100th birthday, Wozzeck! Thielemann leads Berlin revival

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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

Claus Guth directs a tormented, harrowing new Salome at the Met

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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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ParisSalomé

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On demand from Opéra national de Paris: Opéra Bastille, Until 26 Nov 23:59

Strauss R.: Salome

Simone Young; Lydia Steier; Opéra national de Paris; Momme Hinrichs; Andy Besuch; Olaf Freese; Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris

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