Semi-staged version of Richard Wagner's DAS RHEINGOLD in a chamber version by the British composer Jonathan Dove with 22 musicians and 12 singers on the parking deck of the Deutsche Oper Berlin. Premiere at the Deutsche Oper Berlin on 12 June 2020; Stageing and concept: Neil Barry Moss; Musical direction: General Music Director Donald Runnicles

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With its “Jungle Book” concert, the BigBand demonstrates convincingly that jazz music is for children, too. Actor Christian Brückner reads excerpts from Rudyard Kipling’s classic, with the Band playing jungle jazz by Martin Auer.

Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7 meets real-life stories of refugee women. BABY DOLL is an evening located in the borderlands between symphony concert and klezmer session, between dance, documentary theatre and video installation. We are looking forward to the German premiere of Marie-Ève Signeyrole’s production. The director attracted attention in Germany when being nominated for the FAUST Prize 2019.

The charismatic characters like Nacucco, Macbeth, Abigaille and Lady will be depicted by two exceptional singers at the gala concert: young Mongolian baritone Amartuvshin Enkhbat celebrated a triumphant success in his debut in the title role in NABUCCO at the Deutsche Oper Berlin, while Spanish soprano Saioa Hernández has interpreted Verdi's greatest dramatic roles around the world since her debut as Odabella in ATTILA at the 2018 Scala in Milan. They are accompanied by Irene Roberts, Marko Mimica, Patrick Cook.

Verdi’s AIDA remains one of the most frequently performed operas – and not simply because of its legendary Triumphal March. Peaks include arias such as “O patria mia” and “Celeste Aida” and the closing duet “O terra addio”. Our concertante performance features these and other numbers sung by three of the world’s best Verdi interpreters: Elena Stikhina, Judit Kutasi and Jorge de León.

Amilcare Ponchielli's LA GIOCONDA is a central masterpiece of Italian opera between Verdi and Puccini, between melodrama and verismo, rich with melody and yet dramatically arresting. And this opera's most popular number, "Dance of the Hours", is the ballet music in the third act. It is played as a concertante performance along with other excerpts, including Giaconda's aria "Suicidio!" or Enzo's "Mare e ciel". With Joseph Calleja (auf dem Foto © Mathias Bothor), Irina Churilova, Beth Taylor, Marko Mimica, Judit Kutasi und Roman Burdenko.

The works of Schumann ("Auf dem Rheine", "Belsazar"), Szymanowsky ("Mythen") and Telemann ("12 Marches heroiques") touch on various themes and motifs, all of which are of central importance to Wagner's DER RING DES NIBELUNGEN. The programme's conclusion is a direct homage to Wagner: a "Rheingold phantasmagoria" arranged by Douglas Brown for chamber ensemble and narrator, in which Wagner's letters are interwoven with passages from RHEINGOLD.