Dmitri Tcherniakov experiments with Das Rheingold at Berlin’s Staatsoper

GermanyGermany Wagner, Das Rheingold: Soloists, Staatskapelle Berlin / Christian Thielemann (conductor). Filmed (directed by Andy Sommer) on 29.10.2022 at Staatsoper Unter den Linden but available until 17.2.2023 on ARTE Concert. (JPr)

Rolando Villazón (Loge), Johannes Martin Kränzle (Alberich) and Michael Volle (Wotan) © Monika Rittershaus

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Marvellous concert of Mozart directed by Maxim Emelyanychev making his debut in Berlin

GermanyGermany Mozart: Sabine Devieilhe (soprano), Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra / Maxim Emelyanychev (conductor). Livestreamed from Philharmonie Berlin, viewed on the Digital Concert Hall, 29.10.2022. (GT)

Sabine Devieilhe (soprano) and Maxim Emelyanychev (harpsichord/conductor) © Bettina Stöss

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Philipp Stölzl explores Turandot’s brutal side as Zubin Mehta pulls the strings in Berlin

GermanyGermany Puccini, Turandot: Soloists, Staatsopern Chor Berlin (chorus master: Martin Wright), Staatskapelle Berlin / Zubin Mehta (conductor). Filmed (directed by Tiziano Mancini) on 18.6.2022 at Staatsoper Unter den Linden but available until 13.1.2023 on ARTE Concert. (JPr)

Yusif Eyvazov (Calaf) at the end of Turandot Act I

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Daniel Harding conducts the Berlin Philharmonic in an enlightening concert

GermanyGermany Unsuk Chin, R. Strauss, Vaughan Williams: Andrew Staples (tenor), Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra / Daniel Harding (conductor). Livestreamed on Digital Concert Hall from the Philharmonie Berlin, 15.10.2022. (GT)

Daniel Harding conducting the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

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Resounding success for three avant-garde masterpieces at Musikfest Berlin 2022

GermanyGermany Musikfest Berlin 2022 [12] – Xenakis, Zimmermann, Dallapiccola: Wolfgang Koch (baritone), Ekaterina Semenchuk (mezzo-soprano), Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke (tenor), Caspar Singh (tenor), Oliver Boyd (baritone), Rundfunkchor Berlin (chorusmaster: Gijs Leenaars), Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra / Kirill Petrenko (conductor). Livestreamed on Digital Concert Hall from the Philharmonie Berlin, 17.9.2022. (GT)

Kirill Petrenko conducts Wolfgang Koch (The Prisoner) and the Berlin Philharmonic © Bettina Stoss

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Ambitious Musikfest concert from Jurowski and the RSB: Xenakis and Bartók will live long in the memory

GermanyGermany Musikfest Berlin 2022 [11] – Xenakis, Bartók, Mahler: Georg Nigl (baritone), Dirk Rothbrust (percussion), Vilde Frang (violin), Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra / Vladimir Jurowski (conductor). Philharmonie Berlin, 13.9.2022. (CC)

Vilde Frang © Peter Meisel

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