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Lash – Acts of Love
Premiere on 20 June 2025 – Further performances on 27 June; 1, 11, 18 July
With LASH, the acclaimed German-British composer Rebecca Saunders writes her first opera and, based on the visually powerful texts by video artist and writer Ed Atkins, creates a work about the existential fundamental experiences of the human body with which we are in the world and at the same time experience and understand it ... Conductor: Enno Poppe; Director: Dead Centre; With Anna Prohaska, Sarah Maria Sun, Noa Frenkel, Katja Kolm a. o.
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Season 2025/26
Read all about the premieres – DIE DREI RÄTSEL (The Three Riddles), TRISTAN AND ISOLDE, FEDORA, VIOLANTA, L'ITALIANA IN ALGERI, GIULIO CESARE IN EGITTO and ZAR UND ZIMMERMANN in the main theatre, as well as OCTUPUS LADY, SATISFACTIONACTION and FINITE in the Tischlerei, and about our repertoire productions from Georges Bizet to Riccardo Zandonai.
17. [Premiere], 20, 22, 24, 26 July 2025
Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny
Benedikt von Peter's production brings the RISE AND FALL OF THE CITY OF MAHAGONNY to life: not only the stage but also the foyer of the Deutsche Oper Berlin are used, the audience is part of a huge entertainment machine that inexorably tips over into an apocalyptic game ... Conductor: Stefan Klingele; Director: Benedikt von Peter; With Evelyn Herlitzius, Thomas Cilluffo, Robert Gleadow, Annette Dasch, Nikolai Schukoff and others.
20 September 2025 | Berlin Music Festival at the Philharmonie
Jazz de Paris
The BigBand celebrates its 20th anniversary and dedicates itself to French jazz. During the German occupation, it stood for freedom and resistance, and in the post-war period it became the soundtrack of existentialism and an expression of the attitude towards life of an entire generation. Conducted by Manfred Honetschläger with Biréli Lagrène, Thomas Pigor and Mathilde Vendramin.
23. [Premiere], 25 July 2025
Werther (concert version)
Concert performances of WERTHER at the Deutsche Oper Berlin have often provided an opportunity to hear the great tenors of their time in the role of the suicidal poet. Following Alfredo Kraus in 1998 and Vittorio Grigolo in 2014, it is now the turn of the American Jonathan Tetelman [photo]. At his side, Aigul Akhmetshina, one of the most exciting discoveries of recent years, sings the role of Charlotte... Conductor: Enrique Mazzola.
16 September 2025 | Berlin Music Festival | Philharmonie
Das Lied von der Erde
Gustav Mahler described his ‘Song of the Earth’, which was not premiered until 1911 after his death, as the most personal work he ever wrote. Antonello Manacorda precedes the symphonic song cycle in his concert with the orchestral piece ‘Blossoming II’ by the multi-award-winning Toshio Hosokawa. With Okka von der Damerau and David Butt Philip.
Der Ring des Nibelungen
In May 2026, you can experience two cycles of the RING DES NIBELUNGEN in Stefan Herheim's production with artists such as Ya-Chung Huang (Mime), Iain Paterson and Thomas J. Mayer (Wotan), Annika Schlicht (Fricka), Michael Sumuel (Alberich), Matthew Newlin (Siegmund), Elisabeth Teige (Sieglinde, Brünnhilde), Clay Hilley (Siegfried), Trine Møller and Catherine Foster (Brünnhilde) and Albert Pesendorfer (Hagen / Fasolt). These eight performances also mark the farewell of our General Music Director Sir Donald Runnicles... The performances of the first cycle from 16 to 25 May are available individually; the performances of the second cycle from 26 to 31 May are only available as a four-performance package.
An obituary
In memory of Günther Uecker
It is not often that a visual artist can make a particular object the vehicle for his vision to such an extent that his name becomes almost automatically associated with that object. Günther Uecker was one such case: for the art world, he was and remains the nail artist. Whether in relief paintings or sculptures, his artistry found its most striking expression in his use of nails. The stage designs that Uecker created for Götz Friedrich's productions from the mid-1970s onwards also demonstrated how this visual symbol could be used for musical theatre. Uecker also became an artist who shaped the image of the Deutsche Oper Berlin, even though he only designed the sets for one Friedrich production here, the MATTHÄUS-PASSION in 1999. The emblem he created, the ‘nail circle’, impressively symbolised the dawn of a new era of musical theatre that was boldly embarked upon here in the 1980s. Günther Uecker passed away on 10 June at the age of 95. We will honour his memory.
The book in shops and at our premises
Wie kommt das Neue in die Welt?
Hardly any other opera house has commissioned as many world premieres as the Deutsche Oper Berlin under the artistic direction of Dietmar Schwarz: From Aribert Reimann to Detlev Glanert and Chaya Czernowin to Rebecca Saunders, some of the most important composers of the 21st century have written new works for the big stage, while names such as Gordon Kampe, Keyvan Chemirani and Sara Glojnaric represent the programme diversity of the company's second venue, the experimental stage Tischlerei. But what conditions must be met for good music theatre to emerge? The conversations between the artistic director and the composers collected in this book, as well as visual insights into the practical work of composing, show how different approaches to the art form of opera are today. The book costs €32.50 and is available also at our box office and at the first cloakroom on the left.
A success story since 2020/21
Our Talent Circle scholarship holders
What do Theodora Schnauck-Betow and Dr Angelika Volle, Dr Constanze and Olfert Landt, Ulrike and Walter Sandvoss, Rolf Haeger and Florian Chiutu-Haeger have in common? They are all supporting our young ensemble soloists in the Talent Circle. This season, the members are Lilit Davtyan, Chance Jonas-O'Toole, Alexandra Oomens, Martina Baroni, Nina Solodovnikova, Kyle Miller and répétiteur Jisu Park. If you would also like to support our young artists or productions, then find out more about becoming a member of our support association, the Förderkreis.
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Children and young people are the opera audience of today and tomorrow. The Stiftung für die Deutsche Oper Berlin is responsible for ensuring their continued attendance and would like to keep ticket prices stable for this target group in the future. To this end, the Stiftung für die Deutsche Oper Berlin has launched this project, which compensates for the necessary price increase following cuts to the cultural budget. Support this valuable project for young people with your donation, so that the world of opera remains accessible to children and young people. Help to spark and sustain their enthusiasm for opera!
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Aus der Premiere: Lash – Acts of Love, World premiere on 20 June 2025
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Ab in den Ring! – A Teaser, opening night on 28 February 2025
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Our Children's and Youth Programme
We at Junge Deutsche Oper want to give young people access to the world of music theatre and open up a world for you in which there is something for everyone to discover. Concert formats, opera and music theatre can be experienced on the main stage, in the Tischlerei and in the foyer as part of school and daycare or in your free time with your family.
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Ottorino Respighi: La fiamma
Impressive arias and colossal tableaux accompany Ottorino Respighi's last great opera, LA FIAMMA, a dark story of intrigue, power struggles and an affair between a stepmother and her son. Amidst political strife, the characters become entangled in personal conflicts that mercilessly lead to disaster. The tragedy draws heavily on the rich reservoir of musical history – from Bach to verismo, Monteverdi-style monodies, oriental ornamentation, Latin liturgies and leitmotif approaches. Director Christof Loy brought this musical-dramatic masterpiece to the stage of the Deutsche Oper Berlin in September 2024. The production will now be released by the EuroArts label on 20 June 2025 as a Blu-ray and digital audio release. Conducted by Carlo Rizzi, the singers include Olesya Golovneva, Georgy Vasiliev, Ivan Inverardi, Martina Serafin and Doris Soffel.
An obituary
In memory of Peter Gougaloff
Like the recently deceased baritone Rolf Kühne, Peter Gougaloff was one of those singers who moved to the West at the height of a successful career at the Berlin State Opera. And like his ensemble colleague, the tenor, born in Bulgaria in 1929, soon decided to make the Deutsche Oper Berlin his new artistic home. It is no surprise that he was welcomed here with open arms: with his radiant, powerful voice, Gougaloff was a first-rate interpreter of the great tenor roles in Giuseppe Verdi's operas: Radames, Alvaro and, above all, Manrico, which became his most important role with 66 performances at his home theatre alone. Gougaloff was a familiar presence to Berlin audiences for 27 years, appearing in numerous roles since his house debut on 30 September 1972 as Turridu, and performing here on a total of 654 evenings. Peter Gougaloff passed away on 8 May at the age of 95. The Deutsche Oper Berlin will honour his memory.
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