Low on laughs: Die schweigsame Frau in Berlin

Siyabonga Maqungo (Henry Morosus), Brenda Rae (Aminta) and Peter Rose (Sir Morosus)

Brenda Rae (Aminta), Peter Rose (Sir Morosus) and Iris Vermillion (Haushälterin)

Die schweigsame Frau

Samuel Hasselhorn (Barbier Schneidebart), Peter Rose (Sir Morosus) and Brenda Rae (Aminta)

By Elena Luporini, 22 July 2025

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“Gloger’s approach is... hardly blessed by humour or clarity of intent.”

Reviewed at Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin on 19 July 2025

Strauss R., Die schweigsame Frau (The Silent Woman)

Staatsoper Berlin

Christian Thielemann, Conductor

Jan Philipp Gloger, Director

Ben Baur, Set Designer

Justina Klimczyk, Costume Designer

Tobias Krauß, Lighting Designer

Staatskapelle Berlin

Staatsopernchor Berlin

Leonard Wölfl, Video

Peter Rose, Sir Morosus

Iris Vermillion, Widow Zimmerlein, the housekeeper

Samuel Hasselhorn, Schneidebart, the barber

Siyabonga Maqungo, Henry Morosus

Brenda Rae, Aminta

Evelin Novak, Isotta

Rebecka Wallroth, Carlotta

Dionysios Avgerinos, Morbio

Manuel Winckhler, Vanuzzi

Friedrich Hamel, Farfallo

Florian Hurler, Choreography

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Mark Pullinger, 29th March

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***11

Young stars shine in the Staatsoper Berlin’s Rosenkavalier

Mark Pullinger, 28th March

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

*****

Love is in the hare: a new Cunning Little Vixen opens in Berlin

Elena Luporini, 28th February

The Staatsoper's new production of Janáček's opera buzzes with life thanks to Sir Simon Rattle's conducting and an excellent cast led by Vera-Lotte Boecker and Magdalena Kožená.

****1

Pintscher’s Das kalte Herz premieres at Staatsoper Unter den Linden

Elena Luporini, 14th January

On a snowy January evening, the premiere of Matthias Pintscher’s new opera Das kalte Herz fails to warm up the Berlin public.

**111

Happy 100th birthday, Wozzeck! Thielemann leads Berlin revival

Elena Luporini, 14th December

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

A Norma cooking on medium at Berlin’s Staatsoper Unter den Linden

Elena Luporini, 13th April

Despite excellent performances from Rachel Willis-Sørensen and Elmina Hasan, the Staatsoper Unter den Linden's new production of Norma lacks a pinch of salt.

***11

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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.