Germany Elgar, Tchaikovsky: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra / Kirill Petrenko (conductor). Philharmonie Berlin, 21.8.2026. (AB)
Overwhelming Elgar and Tchaikovsky at the Season Opening by Kirill Petrenko and the Berlin Philharmonic
Berlin
A depressingly ill-conceived production of Die Entführung aus dem Serail in Berlin
Germany Mozart, Die Entführung aus dem Serail: Soloists, Staatsopernchor Berlin (chorus director: Gerhard Polifka), Staatskapelle Berlin / Thomas Guggeis (conductor). Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin, 5.7.2026. (MB)
Berlin’s Pelléas et Mélisande revival offers a highly moving and thought-provoking night in the theatre
Germany Debussy, Pelléas et Mélisande: Soloists, Staatsopernchor Berlin (chorus director: Dani Juris), Staatskapelle Berlin / François-Xavier Roth (conductor). Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin, 3.7.2026. (MB)
Possokhov and Serebrennikov’s Berlin Nureyev shows us something of his spirit but not his tortured soul
Germany Staatsballet Berlin’s Nureyev: Vocalconsort Berlin, Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper Berlin / Dominic Limburg (conductor). Filmed at the Deutsche Oper Berlin (directed by Miriam Hoyer) on 21.3.2026 and available on ARTE Concert until 30.3.2031. (JPr)
Berlin Festtage’s new Verdi Un ballo fails to ignite. Blame the director (partly)
Germany Berlin Festtage 2026 [3] – Verdi, Un ballo in maschera: Soloists, Staatsopernchor Berlin, Staatskapelle Berlin / Enrique Mazzola (conductor). Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin, 1.4.2026. (SRT)
A Festtage Der Rosenkavalier in Berlin that left me in pieces
Germany Berlin Festtage 2026 [1]: Richard Strauss, Der Rosenkavalier: Soloists, Children’s Choir of the Staatsoper Unter den Linden (chorus director: Vinzenz Weissenburger), Staatsopernchor Berlin (chorus director: Gerhard Polifka), Staatskapelle Berlin / Christian Thielemann (conductor). Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin, 31.3.2026. (SRT)
A Berlin St John Passion with two Brits centre stage; lighter on drama but rich with devotional intensity
Germany Bach, St John Passion: Soloists, RIAS Kammerchor Berlin, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin / Justin Doyle (director), Konzerthaus Berlin, 30.3.2026. (SRT)
Bach interspersed with Hindemith, Schnittke, and Shostakovich from Antoine Tamestit and the MCO
Germany Bach, Hindemith, Schnittke, Shostakovich: Antoine Tamestit (viola), Mahler Chamber Orchestra. Kammermusiksaal, Berlin, 2.3.2026. (MB)
