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