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Chamber Music VI - 23 June 2025

In the mirror

This chamber music evening is all about mythological transformation stories in text and music: Richard Strauss' "Metamorphoses", Benjamin Britten's "Narcissus" and works by Karol Szymanowski and Thea Musgrave will be performed.
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13 July 2025

Songs of Life and Love

With music by Barbra Streisand, George Benson, James Taylor and David Bowie, the audience can expect a colourful programme of well-known songs that describe life and love. Experience evergreens in funky arrangements and enjoy a summer evening full of swing. The BigBand of the Deutsche Oper Berlin will play under the direction of its musical director Manfred Honetschläger.
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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.
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10 February 2026 | Philharmonie

Gurrelieder

In the ‘Gurre-Lieder’, Schönberg follows in the footsteps of Richard Wagner, Gustav Mahler and Richard Strauss, combining all the musical influences of late Romanticism into an almost two-hour opus that is both a high point of that artistic era and, at the same time, its end. Conducted by Sir Donald Runnicles with David Butt Philip, Felicia Moore, Annika Schlicht, Thomas Blondelle, Thomas Lehman, the Rundfunkchor, Chorus and Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper Berlin.
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Chamber music in the Tischlerei

Tischlereikonzerte

The selection of works and the dramaturgical conception of the Tischlereikonzerte are in the hands of the musicians of the orchestra. They are inspired by the new productions or revivals of the opera programme to create stimulating themes and unusual programmes that are unparalleled in their musical range in Berlin.
Auf dem Foto ein Blechbläserensemble(zwei Trompeten, Horn, Tuba und Posaune) während eines Kammerkonzertes in der Tischlerei.
Chamber Music I - 3 November 2025

Spotlights

This season, an extraordinary and personal programme entitled ‘Spotlights’ will once again be presented: musicians of the orchestra will perform works that are particularly close to their hearts. The programme ranges from world-famous pieces from the chamber music repertoire to genuine rarities that are seldom heard in concert halls. Enjoy favourite pieces, rarities and evergreens.
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Chamber Music II - 17 December 2025

Guilty pleasures: A night of cheesy music

Even in classical music, there are works that border on kitsch. Our musicians and soloists from the ensemble present music for the heart and soul, including pieces by Rachmaninov, Dvorak and Edith Piaf. A word of advice: don't forget your handkerchiefs!
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Chamber Music III - 24 January 2026

How does something new come into the world?

This chamber music concert focuses on upheavals and new beginnings in music: everything new develops from something that has gone before. But where and how exactly does it begin? Are there specific markers along the way? We embark on a search for clues in the works of Carlo Gesualdo, Ludwig van Beethoven, Richard Wagner and John Cage.
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Chamber Music special - 8 October 2025

Against forgetfulness

In a moving fusion of words, images and sound, orchestra musicians commemorate former employees of our opera house who were expelled by the National Socialists from 1933 onwards. Between the works, Margarita Broich reads from personal documents belonging to Rudolf Bing, Edgar Frank, Adele Kaufmann and Else Liebert.
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Chamber Music IV - 16 March 2026

Where the lemons bloom – Italy, a place of yearning

Italy, the cradle of opera, was the cultural centre of Europe for centuries. The most famous instrumentalists and composers were educated here, and European writers travelled here to overcome their writer's block. We juxtapose original Italian music with music inspired by cultural exchange and read from Goethe's ‘Italian Journey’. Listen to works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Antonio Vivaldi and Isabella Leonarda.
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Chamber Music V - 13 May 2026

The sound of the forest – bringing nature to life

Composers throughout the centuries have expressed their relationship with nature and its creatures in music. How do we listen to this music today, in times of climate crisis and mass extinction, and how do younger composers address this topic? Listen to works by Sofia Asgatovna Gubaidulina, Franz Schubert, Olivier Messiaen and Kaija Saariaho.
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Chamber Music VI - 11 June 2026

Crossbones

In order to make a living from composing, composers very often had to submit to the ideas of their principals, write commissioned works, and fulfil stylistic or casting requirements. Some, however, did not like this and resisted in their own way. In the last chamber music concert of the 2025/26 season, our academics present works by musical personalities who broke the mould: Ludwig van Beethoven, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Dmitri Shostakovich.
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Jazz, Jazz, Jazz

The Deutsche Oper Berlin Big Band and its “little sister”, the JazzCombo, have long since established their own tradition at the opera house. In addition to the established Jazz & Lyrics series in the Tischlerei, you can enjoy two major concerts: the 20th anniversary concert in the Philharmonie and the traditional New Year's Concert in the Main Auditorium.
Auf dem Foto inmitten seines Percussions-Arsenals Rüdiger Ruppert, einer der Gründer der BigBand der Deutschen Oper Berlin.
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.
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1 January 2026 | The New Year's Jazz Gala

Swingin` 26

Celebrate 2026 with renowned jazz stars and versatile ensemble members and start the new year in good spirits under the baton of Manfred Honetschläger.
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Jazz & Lyrics I - 5, 6 December 2025

Christmas in Jazz

An evening of Christmas traditions and music from all over the world: The Famous Christmas Swingers perform Christmas carols and Christmas standards under the direction of Christian Meyers.
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Jazz & Lyrics II - 28 February, 1 March 2026

100 Miles Ahead

Under the direction of Martin Auer, our Big Band musicians celebrate the 100th birthday of Miles Davis.
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Jazz & Lyrics III - 11, 12 April 2026

Hymn to Freedom

Listen to important speeches on freedom and famous songs performed by the Freedom Jazzband under the direction of Wolfgang Köhler.
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Jazz & Lyrics IV – 8, 9 July 2026

Sheherazade

The Wilde Jazzorchester and its conductor Martin Auer transform the stories of 1001 Nights into jazz fairy tales. They will be presenting their latest narrative concert live on these two dates.
Jazz & Lyrics IV
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