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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 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: Andrea Battistoni, Director: John Dew; starring Martin Muehle, Roman Burdenko, Maria Motolygina, Doris Soffel 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.
20, 29 Noveber 2025
Carmen
Bizet described his opera as an "operetta with a bad ending" - and rightly so, because what is unique about CARMEN is the mixture of romantic opera, realistic drama and Offenbach operetta. Ole Anders Tandberg's production tells the story in powerful images that constantly alternate between shock, grotesqueness and great emotion ... Conductor: Friedrich Praetorius; Production: Ole Anders Tandberg; With Irene Roberts, Nina Solodovnikova, Vittorio Grigolo, Joel Allison a. o.
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.
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.
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.
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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.
To the video archive Skip video container ![Jonathan Tetelman: Amor ti vieta – from „Fedora“, Premiere on 27 November 2025]( "Jonathan Tetelman: Amor ti vieta – from „Fedora“, Premiere on 27 November 2025")
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![Tristan and Isolde – A visit to a rehearsal, premiere on 1 November 2025]( "Tristan and Isolde – A visit to a rehearsal, premiere on 1 November 2025")
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![Rebecca Saunders: Lash – Acts of Love, world premiere on 20 June 2025]( "Rebecca Saunders: Lash – Acts of Love, world premiere on 20 June 2025")
![Richard Strauss: Die Frau ohne Schatten, Premiere on 26 January 2025]( "Richard Strauss: Die Frau ohne Schatten, Premiere on 26 January 2025")
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Jonathan Tetelman: Amor ti vieta – from „Fedora“, Premiere on 27 November 2025
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Tristan and Isolde – A visit to a rehearsal, premiere on 1 November 2025
Detlev Glanert: The Three Riddles, Premiere on 11 October 2025
The Three Riddles – A Teaser, Premiere on 11 October 2025
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The Three Riddles – A Teaser, Premiere on 11 October 2025
Rebecca Saunders: Lash – Acts of Love, world premiere on 20 June 2025
Richard Strauss: Die Frau ohne Schatten, Premiere on 26 January 2025
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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.
An obituary
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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