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BerlinOrpheus in the Underworld
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
BerlinHansel and Gretel
Humperdinck: Hänsel und Gretel
James Gaffigan; Dagmar Manzel; Komische Oper Berlin; Killian Farrell; Korbinian Schmidt; Victoria Behr; Olaf Freese
BerlinConrad or The Factory-Made Boy
Penderbayne: Conrad or The factory-made boy
Anne Hinrichsen; Ruth Brauer-Kvam; Komische Oper Berlin; Alfred Peter; Alfred Mayerhofer; Johannes Scherfling; Orchester der Komischen Oper Berlin
BerlinThe Magic Flute (Die Zauberflöte)
Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute)
Marit Strindlund; Barrie Kosky; Komische Oper Berlin; Esther Bialas; Diego Leetz; Orchester der Komischen Oper Berlin
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Orlando revisited: Olga Neuwirth’s Woolf adaptation comes to Berlin
The German premiere of Olga Neuwirth’s Orlando at the Komische Oper cements it as a postmodern grand opéra – for better or for worse.
Max Hopp falls short with Die Banditen at Komische Oper
The last of Jacques Offenbach's great buffo operettas provides an opportunity for topical satire but Max Hopp’s attempts at updating it fall short of the mark.
Out of the closet and into the cage: La Cage aux Folles in Berlin
Thanks to Barrie Kosky's flamboyant imagination and a solid cast, the Komische Oper's new production of La Cage aux Folles glitters, but could be more gay.
Of Ice and Men: Intolleranza 1960 at the Komische Oper
Marking the beginning of a new artistic direction, the Komische Oper's new production of Nono's Intolleranza 1960 proves a success, with director Marco Štorman's deep rethinking of the theatre stage.
Going out with a “Boum!" at Komische Oper
The Komische Oper's new, socially-distanced Offenbach staging shows plenty of glitzy defiance in its brief appearance before Germany's latest lockdown.
Nocturnal orgies versus controlled reason
Sophisticated interpretation of The Bassarids by Hans Werner Henze at the Komische Oper Berlin