Spring!

Date & Time

Sun, May 3, 2026, 16:00

Venue

The Komische Oper Berlin presents Igor Stravinsky's Le sacre du printemps, a ballet about a spring sacrifice ritual. American conductor Tito Muñoz brings exciting music from across the Atlantic. Soprano Josefine Mindus returns with Brett Dean's contemporary Shakespeare study And once I played Ophelia. The program ends with Charles Ives' The Unanswered Question.
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Info & Ticket (www.komische-oper-berlin.de)

Musicians

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Program

Silvestre Revueltas	Sensemayá
Brett Dean	And once I played Ophelia, für Streichorchester und Sopran
Charles Ives	The Unanswered Question
Igor Stravinsky	Le sacre du printemps

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