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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
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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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Wittenbrink: Pippi Longstocking
Geoffrey Loff; Dagmar Manzel; Komische Oper Berlin; Korbinian Schmidt; Victoria Behr; Olaf Freese; Orchester der Komischen Oper Berlin
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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
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Strauss R., Schumann
Orchester der Komischen Oper Berlin; James Gaffigan; Adela Zaharia
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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Handel's seldom-performed Hercules becomes the latest oratorio to undergo the Kosky treatment at Komische Oper.