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BerlinMocha Hits and Milk Bar DreamsNew production
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Various: Mocha Hits and Milk Bar Dreams
Adam Benzwi; Axel Ranisch; Komische Oper Berlin; Saskia Wunsch; Alfred Mayerhofer; Johannes Scherfling; Orchester der Komischen Oper Berlin
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
BerlinPippi Longstocking
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Wittenbrink: Pippi Longstocking
Geoffrey Loff; Dagmar Manzel; Komische Oper Berlin; Korbinian Schmidt; Victoria Behr; Olaf Freese; Orchester der Komischen Oper Berlin
BerlinMadama Butterfly
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Puccini: Madama Butterfly
Yi-Chen Lin; Andrea Breth; Komische Oper Berlin; Raimund Orfeo Voigt; Ursula Renzenbrink; Alexander Koppelmann; Orchester der Komischen Oper Berlin
BerlinLove Fantasies
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Strauss R., Schumann
Orchester der Komischen Oper Berlin; James Gaffigan; Adela Zaharia
BerlinHansel and Gretel
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Humperdinck: Hänsel und Gretel
James Gaffigan; Dagmar Manzel; Komische Oper Berlin; Killian Farrell; Korbinian Schmidt; Victoria Behr; Olaf Freese
BerlinTreading the BoardsNew production
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Kneifel: Treading the boards
Kai Tietje; Ruth Brauer-Kvam; Komische Oper Berlin; Alfred Mayerhofer; Johannes Scherfling; Orchester der Komischen Oper Berlin; Vocalconsort 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.
Handel’s Belshazzar at Komische Oper Berlin
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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.
Barrie Kosky directs a ferocious new Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk
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Shostakovich's opera is laid bare in Berlin, to devastating effect, with a distinguished cast led by Ambur Braid.
Masks and obsessions: Evgeny Titov’s Salome at Komische Oper Berlin
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Salome is faceless and the Dance of the Seven Veils becomes a sardonic commentary on seduction in Komische Oper Berlin's austere new staging.
Opulent minimalism: Kosky directs a new staging of Akhnaten
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Barrie Kosky's new production of Philip Glass' Akhnaten for Komische Oper at the Schillertheater removes any egyptological references.
A blade too dull: Kosky directs Sweeney Todd at Komische Oper
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With a brand new production by Barrie Kosky, Komische Oper Berlin's first venture into the Sondheim repertoire mostly falls flat.
Kosky's Eine Frau, die weiß, was sie will at Komische Oper
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It takes two to tango... but what about vaudeville? A rerun of Barrie Kosky's production of Oscar Straus' Eine Frau, die weiß, was sie will owes most of its charm to the two leads.
Handelian labours: Kosky directs Hercules at Komische Oper Berlin
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Handel's seldom-performed Hercules becomes the latest oratorio to undergo the Kosky treatment at Komische Oper.