On the way to a new opera: Whip or lash?

On the way to a new opera: with skin and hair?

One of the approaches taken in Rebecca Saunders's compositions is to make sound immediately tangible and at the same time to make the body tangible through sound. Her pieces are titled ‘Skull’, ‘Scar’, ‘Skin’, ‘Wounds’ or ‘Hauch’ – and move in a field of tension between direct physical and sonic experience on the one hand and a nuanced listening to textures, a detailed compositional work and the examination of authors such as Samuel Beckett and Ed Atkins on the other. This portrait invites you to explore the musical cosmos of Rebecca Saunders – in conversation with the composer and through her music, played and sung by long-standing artistic companions such as the soprano Sarah Maria Sun and the pianist Ernst Surberg, both of whom will also be performing in the world premiere of LASH.

Opera Lecture: Lash

About 560 employees and innumerable guests behind and before the stage see to it that at the Deutsche Oper Berlin “the cloth is raised”, enabling the audience to leave the scene enriched by unforgettable impressions. We cannot introduce you to every personality at once in our OPERNWERKSTATT series. But if you regularly visit the OPERNWERKSTATT you will gradually get to know them: the clever brains behind the Opera as work of Art, and the dreams, thoughts, emotions and ambitions associated with her. OPERNWERKSTATT brings you together with directors, conductors, singers, study directors, dramaturges, theatre creators. Each event starts with a visit to a scenic or musical rehearsal. After a glimpse into the workshop we shall introduce you to the emerging project and answer your questions. So that you can see what moves us.

A new take on Donizetti: Dalinda

The Concertgebouw’s famous Main Hall is one of the best concert halls in the world, well-known for its exceptional acoustics and special atmosphere. In the Main Hall, you will feel history. Here, Gustav Mahler conducted his own compositions, as did Richard Strauss and Igor Stravinsky. Sergei Rachmaninoff played his own piano concertos in the Main Hall. This is also where musicians such as Leonard Bernstein, Vladimir Horowitz and Yehudi Menuhin gave legendary performances. Right up to now, the Main Hall offers a stage to the world’s best orchestras and musicians. Buy your tickets now and experience the magic of the Main Hall for yourself!

A Night at the Opera

»I love the opera!« – says clarinettist and Hamburg resident Sabine Grofmeier. With this Hamburg serenade concert, she wants to share her love and passion for this unique genre with her audience. Guest artists on stage will be tenor Mehrzad Montazeri and pianist Marina Komissartchik, who also lives in Hamburg. Fantastic arias for clarinet, tenor and piano will be performed, newly arranged by and with clarinettist Sabine Grofmeier and accompanied on the piano by Marina Komissartchik as a chamber music trio.

YESTERDAY - A TRIBUTE TO THE BEATLES

Yesterday – A TRIBUTE TO THE BEATLES performed by the London West End Beatles Eine Show bringt die Beatles auf die Bühne zurück Keine Band hat die Musikwelt so nachhaltig geprägt wie die Beatles. Ihre Popularität ist seit über 50 Jahren ungebrochen. Die Show YESTERDAY - A TRIBUTE TO THE BEATLES bringt die „vier Liverpooler“ endlich zurück auf die Bühne. Vier erstklassige Musiker aus Großbritannien, Frankreich und Deutschland verkörpern John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison und Ringo Starr so authentisch, dass man sich in einem Konzert der wahren Beatles glaubt. Sie erobern die Herzen der Fans in einem emotional packenden, mitreißenden Fest der Freude. Mit Songs wie „Let it be“, „Help“, „Penny Lane“ oder „Hey Jude“ drehen sie mühelos die Zeit zurück. Wenn tausend Zuhörer ihr „Yeah, yeah, yeah“ erwidern, ist der Zeitgeist der sechziger Jahre wach, dann liegt ein Hauch von Musik-Revolution in der Luft. Wechselnde Kostüme aus der Beatles-Ära, weltberühmte Songs auf originalgetreuen Instrumenten, täuschend echte Stimmen – all das bietet YESTERDAY dem Publikum in einem über zweistündigen Konzerterlebnis.

A Tribute to Bellini

Above all, their long, wistful melodies made Vincenzo Bellini's operas the epitome of musical romanticism in Italy and arias such as Norma's "Casta Diva" still characterise our concept of sung emotion today. Elda Laro, répétiteur, pianist and conductor at the Deutsche Oper Berlin, is a self-confessed Bellini fan and introduces us to the world of the Sicilian composer in the concert programme "A tribute to Bellini", which she conceived and presents together with members of the orchestra and ensemble of the Deutsche Oper Berlin.

A homage to love

A homage to love

A homage to love