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Violanta
Premiere on 25 January 2026 – also on 29 January; 4, 6, 13 February 2026
With VIOLANTA, Korngold captured the spirit of fin de siècle Vienna, oscillating between the Jugendstil and psychoanalysis, between Freud, Klimt and Schnitzler, and proved that he – at just 18 years old – had a diverse orchestral palette of timbres at his disposal ... Conductor: Sir Donald Runnicles; Director: David Hermann; with Ólafur Sigurdarson, Laura Wilde, Mihails Culpajevs et al.
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For the last time on 8, 13 and 18 December 2025
Andrea Chenier
With its gripping plot set in the Paris of Robespierre's reign of terror and arias such as "La mamma morta", ANDREA CHENIER is one of the most successful operas of the Puccini era, effectively combining revolutionary songs with the intensity of Italian verismo to create a musically distinctive tone. Conductor: Michele Gamba, Director: John Dew; starring Martin Muehle, Roman Burdenko, Maria Motolygina, Nicole Piccolomini / Doris Soffel et al.
12, 15 December 2025
Madama Butterfly
With this opera, Puccini created what is arguably his most powerful stage work. It is not only the illusion of great love to which 15-year-old Cio-Cio San succumbs that is tragic, but also her fundamental sense of loneliness: rejected by the Japanese because she wants to be American, she is not accepted by the Americans as one of their own either... Conductor: Yi-Chen Lin; Director: Pier Luigi Samaritani; With Barno Ismatullaeva, Attilio Glaser, Thomas Lehman and others.
22, 25, 28, December 2025; 9 January 2026
Il barbiere di Siviglia
For 200 years Rossini’s BARBIERE has been considered as the epitome of musical comedy. The archetypes of commedia dell’arte are constantly shimmering through the storyline revolving around the resourceful Figaro – an ambiguity that is not lost in Katharina Thalbach’s vibrant and hectic production … Conducted by Carlo Goldstein / Anna Handler; directed by Katharina Thalbach; with Kieran Carrel / Kangyoon Shine Lee , Misha Kiria, Aleksandra Meteleva / Martina Baroni, Dean Murphy / Philipp Jekal, Patrick Guetti / Volodymyr Morozov et al.
3, 6, 19, 29 December 2025; 4 January 2026
Le nozze di Figaro
It is not only a pair of witty servants who rebel against the feudal power of their master, but also the women who resist old role models – and the young people make it clear that they have their own ideas about ethics and morality. Götz Friedrich's classic production is an evergreen in our repertoire ... Conductor: Ben Glassberg / Anna Handler; Director: Götz Friedrich; With Dean Murphy / Thomas Lehman, Flurina Stucki / Maria Motolygina, Nina Solodovnikova / Lilit Davtyan, Martina Baroni / Arianna Manganello, Padraic Rowan / Artur Garbas and others.
11, 14, 23 [2 p.m. and 6 p.m.] December 2025; 2 January 2026
Hänsel und Gretel
The Grimm fairy tale is well-known, Humperdinck's score oscillates between children's song and late romantic, opulent Wagnerian sound. Andreas Homoki's lovingly child-friendly production of the Christmas opera classic has been in the theatre's repertoire for over 25 years and continues to inspire children, parents and grandparents for the world of musical theatre ... Conductor: Friedrich Praetorius / Sir Donald Runnicles; Director: Andreas Homoki; With Karis Tucker / Arianna Manganello, Maria Vasilevskaya / Nina Solodovnikova, Thomas Cilluffo / Burkhard Ulrich and others.
Your Christmas gift for everyone under 30 – the ClassicCard
Still looking for Christmas presents? We have an idea for those under 30 in your family or circle of friends: with the ClassicCard, young people can experience the huge range of events on offer in Berlin's classical music scene conveniently and at unbeatable prices. Whether opera, ballet or concert – with the ClassicCard, holders are always guaranteed the best price on all available seats: simple and digital, all in one app, in advance and at the box office. Give the gift of the best and most affordable access to Berlin's cultural diversity – for everyone under 30.
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‘Opera days’ & ‘Coming up!’
We are offering our new opera day 21 times during the 2025/26 season. On these dates, tickets for children and young people up to the age of 18 cost €10.00, and €34.00 for everyone else, regardless of seat selection. All our opera days can be found behind the link and, of course, in the respective monthly calendars. >>> For five of these performances, we have adapted our popular ‘Opera Workshop’ format, which allows you to attend a rehearsal before the performance, after our dramaturgs have provided you with interesting information about the work in an introduction. After the rehearsal, you will have the opportunity to discuss what you have seen with selected guests. The title of this series is ‘Coming up: ...!’
From the start of October in the foyer
Scandal!
This season, the Deutsche Oper Berlin is presenting an exhibition in the Foyer about some of the most heated debates that have taken place in and around the opera house since 1945: resistance to modernism in art, protests against opera-going dictators, and the fight against cultural dismantling. Throughout all these "scandals," the opera house has always also been a venue for the conflicts that have troubled society. And we will likely have to endure this in the future as well.
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Here you can find out everything about our programmes for nurseries and schools, children, young people and families
Our Children's and Youth Programme
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.
Now available on DVD / Blu-ray
Richard Strauss: Intermezzo
In INTERMEZZO, Richard Strauss not only brought a story from modern life to the stage, but also – in a barely veiled manner – his own married life: a harmless mix-up causes his wife Christine's temper to flare up so much that she puts her marriage at risk. But is she perhaps suffering more from the fact that her husband cares more about his music than about her? In his production, now released on DVD by the Naxos label, Tobias Kratzer reveals the great and small abysses of a relationship. Conducted by Sir Donald Runnicles, the cast includes Philipp Jekal, Maria Bengtsson and Thomas Blondelle.
New in stores
Ottorino Respighi: La fiamma
Impressive singing and colossal tableaux accompany Ottorino Respighi's last great opera LA FIAMMA, a dark story of intrigue, power struggles and an affair between a stepmother and her son. Director Christof Loy brought this musical drama masterpiece back to the stage of the Deutsche Oper Berlin in September 2024. The production has now been released by the EuroArts label on 20 June 2025 as a Blu-ray and digital audio release. Conducted by Carlo Rizzi, the singers include Olesya Golovneva, Georgy Vasiliev, Ivan Inverardi, Martina Serafin and Doris Soffel.
Now available in stores as a CD box set
Jules Massenet: Hérodiade
Few female figures have inspired the art of the late 19th century as enduringly as the Judean princess Salome. In France in particular, writers, painters and composers were fascinated by this material and its blend of Orientalism and decadence, of eroticism and opulence. Jules Massenet also took up the story, although at the centre of his HÉRODIADE is not, as it was a quarter of a century later for Richard Strauss, the royal child-woman Salome, but her mother Herodias, the wife of King Herod. And while Strauss would later push open the door to the 20th century with his first operatic success, in Massenet's work, 19th-century grand opera celebrates one of its last triumphs, complete with pathos, posturing and a Hollywood-style script. Under the direction of Enrique Mazzola, you can hear Etienne Dupuis, Clémentine Margaine, Nicole Car and Matthew Polenzani, among others.
