Matthias Pintscher’s first opera in 20 years invites audiences to find their own meaning in a macabre 19th-century tale. By Jeffrey Arlo Brown Christian Thielemann’s inaugural new production as the ...
2004-03-08 04:00:00 PDT Berlin-- From the start of the prolonged offstage drama that has been convulsing Berlin's opera world since the late 1990s, two inescapable and contradictory realities seemed ...
The Berlin State Opera, one of the most important opera houses in the world, has a new maestro. Christian Thielemann will succeed Daniel Barenboim, who stepped down in January for health reasons.
On a freezing January evening, a large crowd gathered to watch as three stolpersteine were hammered into the sidewalk outside the Komische Oper Berlin. These brass stones commemorate victims — mostly, ...
After endorsing marriage equality, Ireland surprised Germany for the second time last week by showing it can also do opera. The Wexford Festival Opera was given an enthusiastic reception in Berlin on ...