Berlin

Alan Gilbert leads a superb account of Honegger’s Jeanne d’Arc au bûcher

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GermanyGermany Honegger’s Jeanne d’Arc au bûcher: Soloists, Vokalhelden Children’s Choir (directors: Johannes David Wolff, Judith Kamphues), MDR Radio Chorus (director: Philipp Ahmann), Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra / Alan Gilbert (conductor). Philharmonie Berlin, 8.6.2024. (MB)

Jeanne d’Arc (spoken, Marion Cotillard) and Brother Dominique (spoken, Eric Génovèse) © Bettina Stöss

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Mussorgsky’s Khovanshchina in Berlin was quite simply, outstanding in every way

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GermanyGermany Mussorgsky, Khovanshchina: Soloists, Staatsoper Children’s Chorus (director: Vinzenz Weissenburger), Staatsopernchor Berlin (director: Dani Juris), Staatskapelle Berlin / Simone Young (conductor). Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin, 2.6.2024. (MB)

Ivan Khovansky (Mika Kares) © Monika Rittershaus

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With Götterdämmerung, the Deutsche Oper Berlin’s distinguished Ring reaches its conclusion

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GermanyGermany Wagner, Götterdämmerung: Soloists, Chorus and Additional Chorus of the Deutsche Oper, Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper Berlin / Nicholas Carter (conductor). Deutsche Oper Berlin, 20.5.2024. (MB)

Thomas Lehman (Gunther) and Clay Hilley (Siegfried) © Bernd Uhlig

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Berlin’s Staatsoper Unter den Linden in 2024-25

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Elisabeth Sobotka and Christian Thielemann, the new artistic director and new general music director at Staatsoper Unter den Linden in 2024/25, present their first season at the opera house.

Elisabeth Sobotka and Christian Thielemann

The future artistic director at Staatsoper Unter den Linden Elisabeth Sobotka and the future general music director Christian Thielemann presented their programme for their first joint season 2024/25 and look forward to working together.

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