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Tristan und Isolde
Premiere on 1 November – as well as on 9, 16 and 23 November 2025
No opulent mass scenes, but rather a language for the inner movements of the characters: director Michael Thalheimer reveals the conscious and unconscious in a remarkable way in his scenic minimalism. His acclaimed production from the Grand Théâtre de Genève is now coming to our opera house... Conductor: Sir Donald Runnicles; Director: Michael Thalheimer; Featuring Clay Hilley, Georg Zeppenfeld, Elisabeth Teige, Thomas Lehman, Irene Roberts and others.
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For the last time on 24, 31 October; 14 November 2025
Francesca da Rimini
We see Francesca as a betrayed woman who rebels against powerful interests by living out her passionate love. Zandonai's opera revels in unbridled desire and intoxicating violence, with the rich colours of Impressionism and the directness of Verismo... Conductor: Iván López-Reynoso, Director: Christof Loy; with Ekaterina Sannikova / Sara Jakubiak, Ivan Inverardi, Rodrigo Garull, Thomas Cilluffo and others.
For the last time on 2 November 2025
Tannhäuser
Unable to decide between a sinful life and the worship of women as a chaste ideal, the hero perishes – not without first having denounced the double standards of society, which are responsible for this antagonism of women as saints or whores. Kirsten Harms brings this colourful world of knights to life, but also draws a line to the present. Conductor: Axel Kober; Director: Kirsten Harms; With Tobias Kehrer, Klaus Florian Vogt, Thomas Lehman, Camilla Nylund et al.
5, 8, 13 November 2025
Tosca
This TOSCA production is deserved of listed status after a performance history stretching back over half a century. Not that the atmospheric sets depicting the original locations in Rome - a timeless backdrop for great musical theatre - have lost any of their charm in over 400 performances of the work ... Conductor: Sir Donald Runnicles / Ivan Repušić; Director: Boleslaw Barlog; With Carmen Giannattasio, Brian Jagde, Ivan Inverardi et al.
7, 11, 15, 26 November 2025
Simon Boccanegra
Hardly any of Verdi's operas takes the question of the price individuals must pay for political power to such extremes as SIMON BOCCANEGRA. … Conductor: Paolo Arrivabeni; Director: Vasily Barkhatov; Featuring Etienne Dupuis, Nicole Car, Liang Li, Attilio Glaser, among others.
Premiere on 27 November 2025
Fedora
Giordano's opera moves between political thriller and crime drama, tragic love story and gripping psychological portrait, using lush tones to depict a cosmopolitan elite whose private entanglements get caught in the crossfire of politics. Christof Loy's production has already caused a stir in Stockholm and Frankfurt – now FEDORA is coming to Berlin... Conductor: John Fiore; Director: Christof Loy; With, among others, Vida Miknevičiūtė, Julia Muzychenko, Jonathan Tetelman / Rodrigo Garull.
Replacement on 31 October 2025
Ekaterina Sannikova takes over the part of Francesca
Ekaterina Sannikova will take over the title role in FRANCESCA DA RIMINI on 31 October 2025, replacing Sara Jakubiak. She recently performed this same role at the Teatro Regio di Torino. Other engagements have taken her to Frankfurt am Main as Aida, as Tatiana / EUGEN ONEGIN to Zurich, Düsseldorf, and the Komische Oper Berlin, as Nastasia Filippovna / THE IDIOT to the Theater an der Wien, as Leonora / IL TROVATORE to Stuttgart, and as Lisa / THE QUEEN OF SPADES to Wiesbaden.
Press release – 22 September 2025
Musical Direction from 2026/27: Maxime Pascal, Michele Spotti, Titus Engel
During the press conference of 22 September 2025, Aviel Cahn, designated general director as of summer 2026 presented the plans for the theatre’s future musical direction: In the first years of Aviel Cahn’s tenure, the Deutsche Oper will not appoint a new General Music Director (GMD), but rather rely on a team of conductors. As Principal Guest Conductors, the young conductors Maxime Pascal and Michele Spotti will set important artistic standards with the Deutsche Oper Berlin Orchestra. As Conductor in Residence, Titus Engel will complement the musical leadership team in a more dynamic and diverse way.
Award ceremony on 10 November 2025
Aileen Schneider receives the Götz Friedrich Prize 2025
The Götz Friedrich Prize for the 2024/25 season goes to Aileen Schneider for her production of Aribert Reimann's MELUSINE at Oper Frankfurt (Bockenheimer Depot). The award ceremony for the prize, which is endowed with €5,000, will take place on 10 November 2025 at 8 p.m. in the Tischlerei at Deutsche Oper Berlin.
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We at Junge Deutsche Oper want to give young people access to the world of music theatre and open up a world for you in which there is something for everyone to discover. Concert formats, opera and music theatre can be experienced on the main stage, in the Tischlerei and in the foyer as part of school and daycare or in your free time with your family.
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In memory of Kaja Borris
In the highly dramatic relationship structure of grand opera, they form the calming presence: the older women who have not been particularly fortunate, but who precisely because of this represent the fact that life goes on even after great disappointments. For three decades, these widows, nurses and maids were the domain of Kaja Borris at the Deutsche Oper. As Filipyevna in Tchaikovsky's EUGEN ONEGIN, she comforted the lovesick young Tatyana; as Marthe, she stood by Gounod's Marguerite; and as Frau Mary, she ensured discipline in the spinning room of THE FLYING DUTCHMAN. In addition to major roles such as Verdi's Azucena and Wagner's Erda, it was often the small character studies in which Kaja Borris shone and which she imbued with human warmth. Between her debut in 1971 in Strauss' DIE FRAU OHNE SCHATTEN and her farewell to the stage in 2002 in PARSIFAL, she made a total of 1,337 appearances in 68 roles. Now Kaja Borris has passed away on 23 October 2025 in her adopted home of Berlin. We will honour her memory.
An obituary
In memory of Franz Grundheber
Few singers master such a wide range of styles throughout their entire lives as Franz Grundheber did. Even in his old age, he presented a repertoire that ranged from the twelve-tone operas of classical modernism to Strauss and the great baritone roles of Verdi. He last appeared on our stage at the age of 72 as Scarpia in TOSCA. In Wagner's repertoire, Grundheber deliberately limited himself to what he himself called ‘bel canto roles’, including the Dutchman, which he first performed here in 1992 and most recently in 2009. He made his debut in 1974 as Silvio in PAGLIACCI. In the following years, he returned here several times as the title hero in LE NOZZE DI FIGARO. His unparalleled flexibility led him to Bismarckstraße more frequently in the 2000s, including as Amfortas, Barak and Amonasro. Franz Grundheber passed away in Hamburg on his 88th birthday. The Deutsche Oper Berlin mourns the loss of an exceptional singer and will honour his memory.
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