Deutsche Oper Berlin
Tristan und Isolde at Deutsche Oper Berlin (2025)
Between night and light, between longing and annihilation, lies a space where love becomes both wound and salvation.
RichardWagner
Philharmonie Berlin
Der Ring ohne Worte with Tarmo Peltokoski and DSO Berlin
An orchestral program moving from ghostly textures and whispered tones to richly woven Romantic drama, delivered with striking clarity and emotional depth.
Deutsche Oper Berlin
Tannhäuser at Deutsche Oper Berlin (2025)
A richly traditional production that opens into a sharp meditation on conformity, desire, and the cost of stepping outside of social norm.
Staatsoper Berlin
Parsifal at Staatsoper Berlin
In Tcherniakov’s haunting production, a decaying ritual unfolds in a ruined chapel. A lost outsider, a cursed woman, and a broken brotherhood navigate guilt, grace, and belief in this starkly intimate post-apocalyptic vision.
Deutsche Oper Berlin
Der fliegende Holländer at Deutsche Oper Berlin
Spuck’s HOLLÄNDER strips away excess and focuses on the psychological and emotional turmoil at the opera’s core. The production’s minimalism enhances rather than diminishes the drama, drawing the audience into a world where obsession, fate, and redemption blur together.
Staatsoper Berlin
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg at Staatsoper Berlin
This production is a time capsule of 2010s Germany, brimming with the optimism and unity of a nation celebrating its post-reunification identity. Yet viewed through the lens of 2024, it also serves as a stark reminder of how fragile that optimism has proven.
Staatsoper Berlin
Excerpts from Tristan/Walküre at Staatsoper Berlin
Andreas Schager, Anja Kampe, and René Pape gave a POWERFUL performance which, while not fully staged, was emotionally entirely convincing.
Deutsche Oper Berlin
Tannhäuser at Deutsche Oper Berlin
There are two conflicts at the core of the Tannhäuser plot: One between the ideas of purity, love, piousness vs. lust, sexuality, profanity. The other between societal norms and expectations to behavior vs. self-actualization and pursuing “interests” deemed as undesirable.
Deutsche Oper Berlin
Tristan und Isolde at Deutsche Oper Berlin
The main character of this opera is neither Tristan nor Isolde: it is the music. From the hints of atonality in the opening sequence, to the climactic resolution of the aforementioned chord four hours later, the music is entirely captivating and deeply moving.