Deutsche Oper Berlin
Violanta at Deutsche Oper Berlin
Psychoanalysis as science fiction: rooms within rooms, each one a door into what you've buried—some doors you open, and some you don't.
Die schweigsame Frau at Staatsoper Berlin
Between camp and complicity, this production plays with tropes it should interrogate—and ends up reinforcing the very norms it claims to question.
Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny at Deutsche Oper Berlin
A libertarian fever dream becomes a masterclass in why community is our only defense against collapse—and fascism.
Werther (concertante) at Deutsche Oper Berlin
A stirring Werther finale doubled as farewell and protest, as Berlin’s mayor applauded opera amid massive cultural budget cuts.
Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter Tour x Opera: “The Reclamation of America”
A genre-defying, politically charged performance that reclaims and reframes American identity through music, imagery, and unapologetic cultural ownership.
Carmen at Maxim Gorki Theater
A bold, stripped-back Carmen that reclaims, reframes, and reimagines—queer, critical, and culturally aware in all the ways opera should be today.
Don Carlo at Deutsche Oper Berlin
A meditation on individual agency and love, caught and ground down between the machinery of faith and the weight of worldly power.
Boris Godunov at Dutch National Opera
A searing, harrowing, emotionally devastating production that turns Mussorgsky’s opera into a portrait of complicity, grief, and the cost of silence.
Andrea Chenier at Deutsche Oper Berlin
Power tilts, collapses, and reshapes in this searing production—a physical meditation on revolution, wealth, and who gets to fall.
World Premiere of Lash – Acts of Love at Deutsche Oper Berlin
A surreal meditation on loss and memory, Lash lingers in the echo of a vanished presence—fractured voices, flickering images, and the intimate textures of a body learning to live again.
Les Vêpres Siciliennes at Deutsche Oper Berlin
Olivier Py’s production grapples with Empire and violence, but its chaotic staging at times drowns out Verdi’s emotional and musical clarity.
Tosca at Deutsche Oper Berlin (2025)
Sondra Radvanovsky’s Tosca is heartbreakingly human—playful, vulnerable, and losing her faith—breathing new soul into a timeless, tragic role.
Die Perlen der Cleopatra at Komische Oper Berlin
A glitter-soaked, high-camp spectacle full of extravagant costumes, cheeky humor, and irresistible tunes—operetta at its most outrageous and entertaining.