Giordano's Fedora at the Deutsche Oper Berlin

Vida Miknevičiūtė (Fedora) and Jonathan Tetelman (Loris)

Jonathan Tetelman (Loris) and Vida Miknevičiūtė (Fedora)

Vida Miknevičiūtė (Fedora), Arianna Manganello (Dmitri) and Tobias Kehrer (Grech)

By Elena Luporini, 30 November 2025

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“Loy’s staging renders a retro look reminiscent of film noir visual tropes”

Reviewed at Deutsche Oper, Berlin on 27 November 2025

Giordano, Fedora

Deutsche Oper Berlin

John Fiore, Conductor

Christof Loy, Director

Herbert Murauer, Set Designer, Costume Designer

Olaf Winter, Lighting Designer

Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin

Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin

Velourfilm, Video

Vida Miknevičiūtė, Princess Fedora Romazov

Jonathan Tetelman, Count Loris Ipanov

Navasard Hakobyan, De Siriex

Arianna Manganello, Dmitri

Matthew Peña, Desiré

Michael Dimovski, Baron Rouvel

Artur Mateusz Garbas, Cirillo

Volodymyr Morozov, Borov

Tobias Kehrer, Grech

Michael Bachtadze, Lorek

Chris Reynolds, Boleslao Lazinski

L’italiana in Algeri in the wrestling ring at Deutsche Oper Berlin

Zenaida des Aubris, 8th March

A classic opera buffa gets an update by Rolando Villazón to a produce a staging that celebrates the timeless vitality of Rossini’s comic imagination.

****1

Between ecstasy and abyss: Korngold’s Violanta at the Deutsche Oper

Zenaida des Aubris, 25th January

David Hermann directs a new production of Korngold’s teenage opera, conducted by Sir Donald Runnicles, at the Deutsche Oper Berlin.

****1

Thalheimer’s directs a static new Berlin Tristan und Isolde

Zenaida des Aubris, 1st November

At the start of his farewell to Deutsche Oper Berlin, Sir Donald Runnicles shines with his orchestra, supplying the passion and tension withheld in Michael Thalheimer’s production.

****1

Anatomy of a love: Rebecca Saunders’ Lash at Deutsche Oper Berlin

Elena Luporini, 20th June

Nearing the close of the season, Deutsche Oper Berlin premieres Rebecca Saunders’ first opera Lash – Acts of Love, a visceral reflection on love and death.

*****

Upstairs, downstairs: Die Frau ohne Schatten at Deutsche Oper

Zenaida des Aubris, 26th January

Tobias Kratzer gives his third Strauss production in three seasons at Deutsche Oper Berlin another contemporary spin.

****1

A tribute to bad taste: a new Macbeth at Deutsche Oper Berlin

Zenaida des Aubris, 23rd November

When does opera direction go too far? Marie-Ève Signeyrole provides the answers in her tasteless, explicit staging of Verdi's Macbeth in Berlin.

**111

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Elena Luporini

After completing their Master's degree in Musicology in Rome, Elena has now moved to Berlin to dedicate themselves to more things musical. With a publication on Béla Bartók and a seminar at the Humboldt-Universität underway, their interests mostly veer toward 20th-century opera, with some forays into queer musicology. Some of their latest undertakings also include oboe lessons, stencil-making and tea-making.

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