Staatsoper im Schiller Theater | 2012/2013 Season Guide by Staatsoper Unter den Linden

3r d SE A SO N IN SC H IL LE R TH TE EA R

2012 / 2013

23 MARCH – 1 APRIL

FESTTAGE 2013

DER RING DES NIBELUNGEN Daniel Barenboim STAATSKAPELLE BERLIN ORCHESTRA & CHOIR OF THE TEATRO ALLA SCALA

photo: Felipe Sanguinetti

16 – 30 JUNE 2013

INFEKTION!

WALTRAUD MEIER DOROTHEA RÖSCHMANN RENÉ PAPE HANS NEUENFELS ROLANDO VILLAZÓN SIMON RATTLE ANNA PROHASKA BEJUN MEHTA LANCE RYAN KRISTINE OPOLAIS CLAUS GUTH MAGDALENA KOŽENÁ ROMAN TREKEL YEFIM BRONFMAN YANNICK NÉZET-SÉGUIN Maurizio Pollini ANDRIS NELSONS and…

FESTIVAL FOR NEW MUSICAL THEATRE

WERKSTATT studio Goldmann | Ullmann | Weill Bredemeyer | Sciarrino | Aperghis

Daniel Barenboim

in conversation with Jürgen Flimm

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Dear audience, Dear friends of our Staatsoper!

coverphoto: Felipe Sanguinetti

ow time flies – the second season in the Schiller Theater has come to an end and what a successful season it was too. Janácek’s Aus einem Totenhaus, Smetana’s Die verkaufte Braut, Offenbach’s Orpheus, Händel’s Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno and Nono’s Al gran sole carico d’amore! Also, at the Werkstatt studio with many modern pieces, there are still more premieres to come: Manfred Stahnke’s Wahnsinn das ist die Seele der Handlung, works by Hindemith and Shostakovich – names like these go to prove how broad the range of our musical programme is, brought to you by the admirable Staatskapelle orchestra and the splendid Staatsopernchor (opera choir). And you, dear audience, flocked to our performances in droves. However there is still more waiting to enthral you. Alban Berg’s Lulu with Daniel Barenboim and Andrea Breth will have its premiere soon, as will Emilio de’ Cavalieri’s Rappresentatione di Anima et di Corpo, conducted by René Jacobs and staged by Achim Freyer. And on the occasion of Wolfgang Rihm’s 60th birthday we will perform his Dionysos at the end of the season during the INFEKTION! Festival. So what’s in store for the new season? Find out by reading this booklet, in which we whet your appetite with news of our great projects for the Wagner year – Siegfried, Götterdämmerung, Der fliegende Holländer – and during our Easter FESTTAGE festival, the Ring cycle together with full cast and instrumentation, as well as Daniel Barenboim, the outstanding Wagner conductor of our time, on the rostrum. Mozart’s La finta giardiniera will be staged by Hans Neuenfels, with the support of Christopher Moulds, a very successful young conductor, and after this will be Le vin herbé, staged by Katie Mitchell and conducted by Franck Ollu. Swiss composer Frank Martin wrote this work in 1938 as a version on the Tristan und Isolde theme. Our INFEKTION! Festival for Modern Musical Theatre features Purcell’s The Fairy Queen adapted by Helmut Oehring and staged by Claus Guth, with Michael Boder conducting. Hot on its heels comes Hanjo by Toshio Hosokawa. Our diverse repertoire will also include new operas for children and young people and of course we mustn’t forget to mention our Staatsballett with their premiere of Boris Eifman’s Tschaikowsky – Das Mysterium von Leben und Tod and Onegin, Caravaggio and more. Or the successful concerts of the Staatskapelle in the Philharmonie, the Konzerthaus building, in the Bode-Museum and in Berlin’s Rotes Rathaus. We are delighted to greet our new colleagues at the Deutsche Oper and the Komische Oper, managers Dietmar Schwarz and Barrie Kosky. We wish them much success in their work and are looking forward to working side by side with them. But most of all dear audience and friends we are particularly looking forward to seeing you; to hearing your applause and, it goes without saying, to noting your criticism too! See you soon in the Schiller Theater!

Editorial

photo: Daniel Barenboim: Die Musik – mein Leben, München 2002

»I thought that everyone played the piano.«

Daniel Barenboim at Mozart’s spinet in the house in Salzburg where Mozart was born, 1952

Talk Daniel Barenboim & Jürgen Flimm

Daniel Barenboim turns 70. For more than six decades he has been at home on concert stages and in opera houses all over the world, as a pianist as well as a conductor. Artistic director Jürgen Flimm talks with »his« general musical director on his childhood and youth, on experience having moulded his character, on music and of course also on the upcoming anniversary.

What would you play? DANIEL BARENBOIM: Well, probably one of

Mozart’s works. You know, I asked the American composer Elliott Carter in New York a similar question on his 100th birthday. After the concert a small reception was held at Carnegie Hall, and I asked him: »Elliott, how did you spend your birthday?« After all, I was very much interested to know what a 100 year old person does. »I stayed in bed a bit longer«, he said. I went on joking: »Well, you have grown a bit old by now, haven’t you?« And he answered: »No, not at all. I never get up before knowing exactly what I want to write. And I had such a wealth of ideas in my head this morning. This is why I stayed in bed longer. I got up at 11 o’clock, had coffee and sat down to start composing.« This is the best birthday story I can tell you. JÜRGEN FLIMM: Really a great story. And when

Jürgen Flimm: Dear Daniel, you will celebrate

your 70th birthday this year, 2012.

I ask you for your first piano experience ever, what do you remember?

Daniel Barenboim: In a sense, I have two birth-

DANIEL BARENBOIM: We lived in Buenos Aires in

days. At that time there was a law in Argentina

a rather small apartment, and both my parents

stipulating that the father had to have his new-

gave piano lessons. There was a bedroom and

born child registered within three days. But my

the piano room where I stayed during the day.

father had forgotten about that and went to the

Every time our doorbell rang, somebody

registration office only on the fourth day, that

came for a piano lesson. I thought that everyone

is on 19th November. The public servant said: »I

played the piano. After all, I had never met a

am sorry, but I cannot enter the 15th as the

person not playing the piano. For me it was the

date of birth, as today is the 19th. This is against

most natural thing to do. I remember well that I

the law.« – »Well, what can we do about that,

wanted to do as the other children did. But initi-

the boy is already here«, my father said. – »I

ally my father would not allow me. »When you

will enter the 16th November.« Therefore all my

are a bit older and still want to learn playing the

papers give the 16th November as my date

piano. But it is not a toy.« When I was five and

of birth, but actually I was born on the 15th.

a half years old I started to take piano lessons.

JÜRGEN FLIMM: Do you celebrate twice?

My first teacher was my mother. My mother had

DANIEL BARENBOIM: Sometimes I do. In any case

a special talent for teaching children. Later she

I accept presents twice. (laughs)

had a fantastic class in Israel. Afterwards my

JÜRGEN FLIMM: Imagine you wake up on your

father taught me, which was wonderful, as he

birthday and are asked to play a birthday

was an excellent pedagogue. My father thought

song to yourself and the keyboard lid is open.

that you need to sit in a natural posture when

Talk Daniel Barenboim & Jürgen Flimm

playing the piano, as you sit at a table. Not ma-

went to get the girl, the captain married them,

king big gestures and fuss, but sitting straight

and, as a family, they were allowed to disem-

at the edge of the chair seat. These are very nor-

bark. They were met by their relatives and went

mal and simple ideas which are, however, not

their separate ways. They had no contact for

remembered all that often. I have been grateful

two years, then they met again by chance, fell

for this early education my whole life. Therefore

in love – yet they were already married. This is

the way in which I play the piano and think of

my grandparents’ story. A story full of love. JÜRGEN FLIMM: And how did your family get to

music, did not really change. JÜRGEN FLIMM: Let us talk about Argentina a bit

DANIEL BARENBOIM: My father thought that, as

more. DANIEL BARENBOIM: My parents were born in Ar-

Israel had been founded as a state for Jews, a

gentina, and so was I. My paternal grandfather

Jewish family should go and live there. It was

had come from Russia with his family, after the

particularly important to him that I grew up as

pogroms at the beginning of the 20th century,

part of a majority, not as a member of a minori-

in about 1903 or 1904.

ty, so that I could lead a normal life. On our way

JÜRGEN FLIMM: The name Barenboim is not

really Russian, is it?

to Israel, in 1952, we stopped over in Salzburg. Igor Markevitch, the great Russian conductor,

DANIEL BARENBOIM: No, it’s Yiddish and means

had heard me play in Argentina and had invited

»Birnbaum« in German, which would be pear

me. At the time he was the instructor for a

tree in English. My maternal grandparents were

conducting course at the Mozarteum Univer-

still children when they came to Argentina.

sity in Salzburg and thought I could perform

Their families had brought them onto the ship.

in the final concert of the Salzburg Festival. At

This happened also at the beginning of the

Christmas 1952, when I was ten years old, we fi-

century, I think in 1903. He was 16, and she was

nally came to Israel. There I went to school and

14 years old. Their families were wiped out in

passed my school-leaving examination. I was a

the pogroms in Russia. Thankfully they had sent

very happy child, and the atmosphere in Israel

their children away in time. This was possible

was very positive.

as both families had relations in Argentina.

JÜRGEN FLIMM: I have experienced this spirit

When they arrived in Buenos Aires, the autho-

myself. At the end of the 1960s I spent three

rities would not allow them to disembark. The

months in a kibbutz and very much admired

admission of Jewish immigrants was restricted.

this way of living in a community.

Only families were allowed into the country,

Israel in the end?

DANIEL BARENBOIM: People often feel that they

and the Argentine authorities intended to send

do not work for themselves any more, but

the children back to Europe. My grandfather,

for the state. But as the state had been newly

16 years old, addressed the captain of the ship

founded, people worked for the state and thus

and appealed to him: »Please help us, we do not

for themselves – and vice versa. Therefore the

want to go back. It is horrible back there for us

mood in the country was so optimistic.

Jews.« The captain said: »I cannot do that, I do

JÜRGEN FLIMM: Let us return to music. Your

not have a mandate. The only thing I can do is

thinking in cycles – all works by Beethoven, all

marry you on board the ship.« My grandfather

works by Wagner, all works by Mozart – does it

Talk Daniel Barenboim & Jürgen Flimm

photo: Luigi Caputo, laif

also go back to these early childhood and youth

playing the cycle I got an idea of how much

years?

more you understand about a composer when

DANIEL BARENBOIM: In the beginning there was

a very simple reason for that, not an artistic or intellectual one. I was 17 years old and sud-

you know his entire work and study the person in more detail. JÜRGEN FLIMM: How is it possible that you

denly had an empty schedule. I was no longer

decide what to play while you are on your way

a »prodigy«, but not grown up yet. And I was

to the piano? I have seen that happen. How does

used to performing in concerts since the age of

the music get from your head into your fingers

seven. Then I met an acquaintance in a street

so fast?

in Tel Aviv who was the director of the Tel Aviv journalists’ house. Here in the 1950s and 1960s all important press conferences were held.

DANIEL BARENBOIM: Do you have in mind

encores? JÜRGEN FLIMM: Yes, but also your performance

There was a hall seating 400 persons, and my

on occasion of the opening of the Schiller

acquaintance told me that he planned to organi-

Theater. I was surprised as you suddenly said: »I

se cultural events there. »Wouldn’t you want to

am going to play something else.« I asked you:

play there some time?« – »Yes, of course!« – »And

»Well, what are you going to play?« You answe-

what would you like to play?« – »All Beethoven

red: »I don’t know.« My proposal was: »Play some

sonatas.« He said: »Are you crazy?« My answer

Chopin!« and you said: »No, not Chopin,« went

was: »Maybe, but you asked me.« I played my

to the piano and started playing. Schubert. Did

fist cycle there. At the same time I passed my

you ever think about how this works?

school-leaving examination. While learning and

DANIEL BARENBOIM: No, at that moment I proba-

Talk Daniel Barenboim & Jürgen Flimm

bly thought about which Chopin work I could

enter the stage and take a bow. When lifting my

play. Probably I had no good idea in that very se-

head I see to my right Artur Rubinstein and his

cond, and a voice inside my head said: Schubert.

wife, to my left Vladimir Horowitz and in front

JÜRGEN FLIMM: You have an unlimited wealth of

of me Claudio Arrau, the three greatest pianists

works memorised, also many operas and concer-

of all times. I was virtually paralysed and my

tos. More than one thousand, you told me. How

performance was very poor. On each keystroke I

can you explain that you have them all stored in

thought about their reactions: They did not like

your memory?

this note, this one was perhaps just acceptable,

DANIEL BARENBOIM: In never stop studying. I do

not need the score of Figaro or Tristan for conducting, but I would never go to a rehearsal or performance without having checked out the score before. You always discover something

ence! JÜRGEN FLIMM: Did they not praise you after-

wards, the three great ones, the three Magi? DANIEL BARENBOIM: Horowitz did not even come

new, for example a connection which you

backstage, his message was clear. Rubinstein

had not noticed in exactly this way before.

was lovely. He hugged me and said: »Well, this

Nevertheless you have to re-start from scratch,

was not one of your best days, was it?« But it

because the sound you arrived at yesterday is

was Arrau who helped me most. He came up to

no longer there. Sometimes I find something

me and said: »I understood much of what you

new even during the concert. It may be just a

had in mind, but did not succeed in conveying.

minute detail. And there is never a repetition of

If you are interested, come to my home, I am

any event. It vanishes immediately. Therefore it

sure I can help you a lot«. He spent three hours

has a different meaning not only for different

with me and explained for every single note

persons, but also for one person at different mo-

how I should have played it differently in his

ments, even on the same day. This phenomenon

opinion. JÜRGEN FLIMM: It seems it turned out to be a

provides us with energy. JÜRGEN FLIMM: You are so incredibly successful.

successful evening after all. That was a really

But have you ever really failed? Did you expe-

nice story. Yet I have a question on a comple-

rience a full flop so that you stated afterwards:

tely different subject. There are colleagues of

»Oh my God, why did that happen to me?«

yours who at some time or other take a sheet

DANIEL BARENBOIM: Well, not all that often,

of paper, draw five lines on it and start compo-

but several times, yes. I remember one such

sing. Do you have your own secret shelf full of

occasion many years ago, in 1963: Leon Fleisher,

musical scores?

a musician whom I admired very much, was

another one not at all. It was a horrible experi-

DANIEL BARENBOIM: 143 symphonies and sympho-

to perform a piano recital. It was at the begin-

nic poems! (laughs) No, when I studied harmo-

ning of his illness when he had to stop playing

nics and counterpoint with Nadia Boulanger, I

because of his nervous affection. One day before

wanted to start composing of course. Therefore I

the concert the event organiser called me and

went to Paris for one year and a half during my

asked me to stand in for him. Of course I agreed

life in Israel. But I soon found out that I was not

and played three Beethoven sonatas in New

talented for this kind of work. I decided to tell

York. I was a bit more nervous than normally. I

the world before the world started telling me.

Talk Daniel Barenboim & Jürgen Flimm

»I do not need the score of Figaro or Tristan for conducting, but I would never go to a rehearsal or performance without having checked out the score before.«

photos: Daniel Barenboim: Die Musik – mein Leben, München 2002 / ArenaPAL / Monika Rittershaus

Daniel Barenboim in Igor Markevitch’s conducting class in Salzburg in 1954

Talk Daniel Barenboim & Jürgen Flimm

My father had studied philosophy, and basically he was more of a philosopher than a musician. He was a wonderful teacher, and he contemplated music like a philosopher. This is what I learnt from him. I admire very different kinds of music. With the exception of thoughtless and unreflecting music. I simply don’t get it. Finally I want to tell you another story: The great Spanish guitarist Andrés Segovia celebrated his 80th or 85th anniversary in London, and BBC conducted a televised live interview with him. Suddenly the interviewer asked him: »Maestro, do you ever think about death?« Not a nice question to ask an old person, I would think. Segovia quickly replied: »You need to know that I speak with God every day: I played hundreds, no thousands of bad concerts. I played thousands of wrong notes on my guitar. I had lapses of memory, just horrible. I do not deserve to come to you. Just leave me here!« JÜRGEN FLIMM: A good ending for a birthday

interview. We all hope that you will celebrate your birthday well and that God will leave you with us for a long time to come. I wish you all the best with all my heart!

Talk Daniel Barenboim & Jürgen Flimm

photo: Ricardo Dávila

»I admire very different kinds of music. With the exception of thoughtless and unreflecting music.«

Talk Daniel Barenboim & Jürgen Flimm

Opera 2012 / 2013

Opera premieres

16 June 2013

03 October 2012

FESTIVAL INFEKTION! THE FAIRY QUEEN DAS FLÜSTERN EINER SOMMERNACHT

SIEGFRIED

Henry Purcell | Helmut Oehring

Opera repertoire TOSCA Giacomo Puccini

Richard Wagner 22 June 2013

DIE WALKÜRE Richard Wagner

LA FINTA GIARDINIERA

FESTIVAL INFEKTION! HANJO

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Toshio Hosokawa

LA TRAVIATA

24 November 2012

Giuseppe Verdi 03 March 2013

GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG Richard Wagner 28 April 2013

DER FLIEGENDE HOLLÄNDER Richard Wagner

Opera FESTTAGE 2013 festival DER RING DES NIBELUNGEN Richard Wagner

25 MAY 2013

LE VIN HERBÉ

23 March 2013

Frank Martin

DAS RHEINGOLD 24 March 2013

DIE WALKÜRE 27 March 2013

SIEGFRIED 31 March 2013

GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG

overview OPERa

Il barbiere di Siviglia Gioachino Rossini

DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

LA BOHÈME Giacomo Puccini

DON CARLO Giuseppe Verdi

MADAMA BUTTERFLY Giacomo Puccini

DER ROSENKAVALIER Richard Strauss

DER FREISCHÜTZ Carl Maria von Weber

ORPHEUS IN DER UNTERWELT Jacques Offenbach

MARIA STUARDA Gaetano Donizetti

MATSUKAZE Toshio Hosokawa

AIDA Giuseppe Verdi

THE RAKE’S PROGRESS Igor Stravinsky

26 January 2013

DER KAISER VON ATLANTIS Viktor Ullmann (also part of the Junge Staatsoper programme)

27 January 2013

15 March 2013

VANITAS

TCHAIKOVSKY – Das Mysterium von Leben und Tod

Salvatore Sciarrino

Boris Eifmann

02 May 2013

Repertoire

DER JASAGER DER NEINSAGER Kurt Weill | Reiner Bredemeyer 20 June 2013

FESTIVAL INFEKTION! RÉCITATIONS Georges Aperghis

L’ELISIR D’amore Gaetano Donizetti

AGRIPPINA Georg Friedrich Händel

Werkstatt studio

Staatsballett Berlin Restaging

Junge Staatsoper Premieres 01 December 2012

DAS TAPFERE SCHNEIDERLEIN

ONEGIN John Cranko

LA PÉRI Vladimir Malakhov

DUATO FORSYTHE GOECKE Nacho Duato, William Forsythe, Marco Goecke

CARAVAGGIO Mauro Bigonzetti

Wolfgang Mitterer

On our premises

Season kick-off WISSEN SIE, WIE MAN TÖNE REINIGT? SATIESFACTIONEN

01 May 2013

Staatliche BallettSchule Berlin 2012 Gala

Erik Satie

Kurt Weill | Reiner Bredemeyer

Premieres

Repertoire

22 September 2012

R. HOT BZW. DIE HITZE Friedrich Goldmann

DER JASAGER DER NEINSAGER

DER GESTIEFELTE KATER César Cui

overview OPERa | staatsballett

Concert 2012 / 2013

Staatskapelle Berlin

11 | 12 March 2013

Subscription concerts

08 | 09 April 2013

VI subscription concert

Daniel Barenboim Lisa Bathiashvili

VII subscription concert

14 September 2012

Foyer concert

I subscription concert

Daniel Barenboim Rolando Villazón

Mecklenburgische Bläserakademie

Daniel Barenboim Alisa Weilerstein

26 | 27 June 2013

21 October 2012

16 | 18 September 2012

VIII subscription concert 22 | 23 October 2012

II subscription concert

Yannick Nézet-Séguin Piotr Anderszewski

Michael Gielen Patricia Petibon 05 | 06 November 2012

III subscription concert

Lied matinee Katharina Kammerloher Stephan Rügamer 19 | 21 October 2012

Chamber music

Great opera choir pieces

Chamber concerts

Staatsopernchor Staatskapelle Berlin

Alan Gilbert Michelle DeYoung Falk Struckmann

in Rotes Rathaus

07 | 08 January 2013

in Rotes Rathaus

IV subscription concert

Vocal chamber concerts

Alexander Vitlin Eberhard Friedrich 13 November 2012

lied Recital Anna Samuil

Giovanni Antonini

Prussian Court Music

11 | 12 February 2013

in Rotes Rathaus and in the Schiller Theater

15 November 2012

Brunch concerts

to aid Musikkindergarten Berlin e.V. (Musical education kindergarten)

V subscription concert

Daniel Barenboim

in the Bode-Museum

Special concerts

overview concerts

Charity concert

Zubin Mehta Daniel Barenboim

13 March 2013

01 April 2013

lied Recital

Staatskapelle Berlin Staatsopernchor

Staatskapelle Berlin

Roman Trekel

09 December 2012

18 May 2013

Concert GIDON KREMER

Yefim Bronfman

Gidon Kremer Giedre Dirvanauskaite Khatia Buniatishvili

09 June 2013

23 | 25 December 2012

Piano recital

lied matinee International Opera Studio

Christmas concert Kinderchor der Staatsoper (Staatsoper children’s choir)

Festtage

05 January 2013

Family concert Members of Staats kapelle Berlin 31 December 2012 01 January 2013

Concerts for the New Year Daniel Barenboim Staatsopernchor Staatskapelle Berlin 13 February 2013

Wagner gala Daniel Barenboim Plácido Domingo Kwangchul Youn Wolfgang Koch Staatsopernchor Staatskapelle Berlin

Barenboim cycle 30 September 2012

Barenboim cycle I

Vinzenz Weissenburger 27 | 30 December 2012

Daniel Barenboim Maria Bengtsson Bernarda Fink Rolando Villazón René Pape

25 March 2013

PERSPECTIVES POLLINI 3

Jonas Kaufmann Daniel Barenboim

Maurizio Pollini Jack Quartet

17 February 2013

26 March 2013

Anna Prohaska Daniel Barenboim

Staatskapelle Berlin Daniel Barenboim Rolando Villazón 29 March 2013

PERSPECTIVES POLLINI 4 Maurizio Pollini KLANGFORUM WIEN NEUE VOCALSOLISTEN STUTTGART 30 March 2013

Orchestra and choir of the Teatro alla Scala Daniel Barenboim Anja Harteros Daniela Barcellona Fabio Sartori René Pape

overview concerts

Barenboim cycle II

Members of Staats kapelle Berlin 17 March 2013

Barenboim cycle III Daniel Barenboim Members of Staats kapelle Berlin 12 April 2013

Barenboim cycle IV Daniel Barenboim Magdalena Kožená Claudia Stein Sennu Laine

Opera A »Ring« for the 21st century

der ring des nibelungen Richard Wagner

DIE WALKÜRE DAS RHEINGOLD

SIEGFRIED GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG

OPERa ring

A new Ring always attracts attention; all the more so with the year 2013 in mind since this not only marks the 200th anniversary of Richard Wagner’s birth, but also it’s when Daniel Barenboim will take to the rostrum to conduct the opera cycle. After Das Rheingold and Die Walküre and now with the premieres of

photos: S. 16- 21: Monika Rittershaus

Siegfried and Götterdämmerung, the Ring has come full circle.

I n October 2010, as our second premiere in the

Guy Cassiers and his co-workers – stage and

Schiller Theater, Rheingold started off the new Ring

lighting designer Enrico Baggnoli, video artists Arjen

cycle. Then for the 2011 Festtage festival Die Wal

Klerkx and Kurt D’Haeseleer and costume and fashion

küre followed and during the coming season, the two

designer Tim Van Steenbergen, all see Wagner’s Ring

remaining operas will complete the tetralogy cycle.

as a drama which has much in common with the

This is the third time that Daniel Barenboim will be

present day. In the same way that Wagner expressed

tackling Wagner’s epoch-making work: His first was

the deep-rooted feeling of dilemma present in his

between 1988 and 1992 when a highly acclaimed

time during the middle of the 19th century; Cassiers’

Ring staged by Harry Kupfer was performed during

interpretation intends to reveal the crisis-laden con-

the Bayreuther Festspiele festival, and the second

ditions of our times. Wagner depicted the inexorable

was between 1993 and 1996 when its new staging in

decomposition of an agrarian economic and social

Staatsoper Unter den Linden continued the productive

system under advancing industrialisation, and in his

co-operation with Harry Kupfer. Now it’s the Flemish

staging, Cassiers reflects the sheer volume of images

stage director Guy Cassiers who, together with Daniel

and information in our globalised world which tends

Barenboim, is taking up the special challenge which

to overburden the individual. More and more, the

any work on the Ring demands. This production will

real world is being replaced by virtual worlds, each

be staged in two of the major opera houses in Europe

person and each object become the projection screen

– Berliner Staatsoper and Teatro alla Scala di Milano. Moreover, it is a Ring for the 21st century.

for dreams, desires and deep cravings. Thus the projections, which are both large-scale and fragmented,

Guy Cassiers’ staging stands out due to its new and aesthetic essence, a quality not experienced until

are the representation of external phenomena as well as the inner experience of the characters.

now. In co-operation with an international team of

The vast array of excellent Wagner singers means

artists from a wide range of disciplines, who have

that we can expect masterly vocal achievements and

their creative base in the Antwerp Toneelhuis, he has

vivid characterisations. And with Daniel Barenboim,

developed an extraordinary stage concept. Video pro-

one of the leading Wagner conductors of our time, on

jections are one of its main features, as is the use of

the podium of »his« orchestra, Staatskapelle Berlin,

special fabrics and materials as well as the inclusion

there’s guaranteed to be impressive musical theatre

of dancers. All these elements combine to produce

full of expression, tonal beauty and passion.

a magical theatre experience which, together with Wagner’s overwhelming music, does not fail to make an impact. OPERa ring

das rheingold The first opera in the cycle of Der Ring des Nibelungen by Richard Wagner Text by Richard Wagner

CONDUCTOR Daniel Barenboim DIRECTOR Guy Cassiers Stage design Guy Cassiers | Enrico Bagnoli Costumes Tim Van Steenbergen Lighting Enrico Bagnoli Video Arjen Klerkx | Kurt D'Haeseleer Choreography Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui Dramaturgy Michael P. Steinberg | Detlef Giese

Wotan: René Pape Donner: Jan Buchwald Froh: Marius Vlad Loge: Stephan Rügamer Alberich: Johannes Martin Kränzle Mime: Peter Bronder Fafner: Mikhail Petrenko Fricka: Ekaterina Gubanova Freia: Anna Samuil Erda: Anna Larsson Woglinde: Aga Mikolaj Wellgunde: Maria Gortsevskaya Flosshilde: Anna Lapkovskaja

Staatskapelle berlin

23 March 2013 FESTTAGE cycle 04 | 13 April 2013 Cycle I, II

With German surtitles Co-production with Teatro alla Scala di Milano in co-operation with Toneelhuis Antwerp

Stephan Rügamer as Loge

OPERa ring

DIE WALKÜRE The second opera in the cycle of Der Ring des Nibelungen by Richard Wagner Text by Richard Wagner

CONDUCTOR Daniel Barenboim DIRECTOR Guy Cassiers Stage design Guy Cassiers | Enrico Bagnoli Costumes Tim Van Steenbergen Lighting Enrico Bagnoli Video Arjen Klerkx | Kurt D’Haeseleer Choreography Csilla Lakatos Dramaturgy Michael P. Steinberg | Detlef Giese

Siegmund: Peter Seiffert | Christopher Ventris Hunding: Mikhail Petrenko Wotan: René Pape Sieglinde: Waltraud Meier Brünnhilde: Iréne Theorin Fricka: Ekaterina Gubanova Helmwige: Susan Foster Gerhilde: Danielle Halbwachs Ortlinde: Carola Höhn Waltraute: Ivonne Fuchs Rossweisse: Simone Schröder Schwertleite: Anaïk Morel Siegrune: Leann Sandel-Pantaleo

Staatskapelle Berlin

04 | 07 | 14 October 2012 24 March 2013 FESTTAGE cycle 05 | 14 April 2013 Cycle I, II

With German surtitles Co-production with the Teatro alla Scala di Milano in co-operation with Toneelhuis Antwerp

Iréne Theorin as Brünnhilde

OPERa ring

Premiere

siegfried The third opera in the cycle of Der Ring des Nibelungen by Richard Wagner Text by Richard Wagner

CONDUCTOR Daniel Barenboim DIRECTOR Guy Cassiers Stage design Guy Cassiers | Enrico Bagnoli Costumes Tim Van Steenbergen Lighting Enrico Bagnoli Video Arjen Klerkx | Kurt D’Haeseleer Choreography Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui Dramaturgy Michael P. Steinberg | Detlef Giese

Siegfried: Lance Ryan Mime: Peter Bronder der Wanderer: Juha Uusitalo Alberich: Johannes Martin Kränzle Fafner: Mikhail Petrenko Erda: Anna Larsson Brünnhilde: Iréne Theorin Waldvogel: Rinnat Moriah

Staatskapelle Berlin

Premiere 03 October 2012 06 | 10 October 2012 27 March 2013 FESTTAGE cycle 07 | 18 April 2013 Cycle I, II With German surtitles Co-production with the Teatro alla Scala di Milano in co-operation with Toneelhuis Antwerp

Anna Samuil as Freia in Das Rheingold

OPERa ring

Premiere

götterdämmerung The fourth opera in the cycle of Der Ring des Nibelungen by Richard Wagner Text by Richard Wagner

CONDUCTOR Daniel Barenboim DIRECTOR Guy Cassiers Stage design Guy Cassiers | Enrico Bagnoli Costumes Tim Van Steenbergen Lighting Enrico Bagnoli Video Arjen Klerkx | Kurt D’Haeseleer Choreography Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui Choir Eberhard Friedrich Dramaturgy Michael P. Steinberg | Detlef Giese

Siegfried: Ian Storey Gunther: Gerd Grochowski Alberich: Johannes Martin Kränzle Hagen: Mikhail Petrenko Brünnhilde: Iréne Theorin Gutrune: Marina Poplavskaya | Anna Samuil Waltraute: Waltraud Meier | Marina Prudenskaja 1st Norn : Margarita Nekrasova 2nd Norn : Waltraud Meier | Marina Prudenskaja 3rd Norn : Marina Poplavskaya | Anna Samuil Woglinde: Aga Mikolaj Wellgunde: Maria Gortsevskaya Flosshilde: Anna Lapkovskaja

Staatskapelle Berlin | Staatsopernchor

Premiere 03 March 2013 06 | 10 March 2013 31 March 2013 FESTTAGE cycle 10 | 21 April 2013 Cycle I, II With German surtitles Co-production with the Teatro alla Scala di Milano in co-operation with Toneelhuis Antwerp

OPERa ring

festtage 2013

23 March 2013

24 March 2013

das rheingold

DIE WALKÜRE

The first opera in the cycle of Der Ring des Nibelungen by Richard Wagner Text by Richard Wagner

The second opera in the cycle of Der Ring des Nibelungen by Richard Wagner Text by Richard Wagner

Conductor Daniel Barenboim Director Guy Cassiers

With Christopher Ventris | Mikhail Petrenko

staatskapelle berlin

Saturday, 23 March 7:30 p.m. | SCHILLER THEATER Introduction 45 minutes before the start of the performance

Sunday, 24 March 4:00 p.m. | SCHILLER THEATER Introduction 45 minutes before the start of the performance festtage cycle

photos: monika rittershaus

The performance of the entire cycle of Wagner’s Ring des Nibelungen marked the start of the FESTTAGE festival of Staatsoper Unter den Linden under Daniel Barenboim in 1996. 17 years later it is again this singular tetralogy which takes centre stage in the festival. With a cast of international stars, Staatskapelle Berlin and, of course, Daniel Barenboim as the stimulating and inspiring musical director, four outstanding opera evenings are in store.

festtage cycle

27 March 2013

31 March 2013

siegfried

GÖTTERDÄMmERUNG

The third opera in the cycle of Der Ring des Nibelungen by Richard Wagner Text by Richard Wagner

The fourth opera in the cycle of Der Ring des Nibelungen by Richard Wagner Text by Richard Wagner

Conductor Daniel Barenboim Director Guy Cassiers

With Lance Ryan | Peter Bronder Juha Uusitalo | Johannes Martin Kränzle Mikhail Petrenko | Anna Larsson Iréne Theorin | Rinnat Moriah

staatskapelle berlin

staatskapelle berlin | staatsopernchor

Wednesday, 27 March 6:00 p.m. | SCHILLER THEATER Introduction 45 minutes before the start of the performance

Sunday, 31 March 4:00 p.m. | SCHILLER THEATER Introduction 45 minutes before the start of the performance festtage cycle

festtage 2013 25 March 2013 Perspectives Pollini 3 Piano Maurizio Pollini

Jack Quartet Helmut Lachenmann String quartet No. 3 Grido

Ludwig van Beethoven Sonata for piano in A major op. 101 Sonata for piano B-flat major op. 106 Fortepiano sonata

26 March 2013

29 March 2013

Staatskapelle Berlin

Perspectives Pollini 4

Conductor Daniel Barenboim Tenor Rolando Villazón

Piano Maurizio Pollini

Giuseppe Verdi Overture to I vespri siciliani

Luciano Berio | Giuseppe Verdi Orchestra songs

Salvatore Sciarrino Carnaval

Ludwig van Beethoven

Le sacre du printemps

Sonata for piano in E major op. 109 Sonata for piano in A-flat major op. 110 Sonata for piano in C minor op. 111

8:00 p.m. | philharmonie Concert introduction 7:15 p.m.

Igor Strawinsky

Klangforum Wien Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart

festtage concerts

photos: Mathias Bothor - Deutsche grammophon / thomas bartilla

8:00 p.m. | philharmonie Concert introduction 7:15 p.m.

festtage Concert

30 March 2013

01 April 2013

Orchestra and choir of the Teatro Alla Scala

staatskapelle berlin

Conductor Daniel Barenboim Soprano Anja Harteros Mezzo-soprano Daniela Barcellona Tenor Fabio Sartori Bass René Pape Choir director Bruno Casoni

Conductor Daniel Barenboim Soprano Maria Bengtsson Mezzo-soprano Bernarda Fink Tenor Rolando Villazón Bass René Pape STAATSOPERNCHOR Choir director Eberhard Friedrich

Giuseppe Verdi

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Messa da Requiem

Requiem in D minor KV 626

3:00 p.m. | philharmonie Concert introduction 2:15 p.m.

8:00 p.m. | philharmonie Concert introduction 7:15 p.m. festtage concerts

Service & tickets Box office* in the foyer of the Schiller Theater Bismarckstrasse 110, 10625 Berlin Open daily from noon – 7:00 p.m. Evening box office: one hour before the beginning of the performance

Gift vouchers for any amount are available from the box office, the Ticket-Box, from the ticket service by phone and by e-mail.

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Advance ticket sales 2012 / 2013

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Gift vouchers

Monday, 02 April 2012 Start of advance ticket sales FESTTAGE and Ring cycles 2013 Saturday, 14 April 2012 Start of advance ticket sales for subscriptions Saturday, 21 April 2012 Start of advance ticket sales for members of the Förderverein, subscribers and holders of a StaatsopernCard for all performances in the 2012 / 2013 season Saturday, 28 April 2012 Regular start of ticket sales for all performances in the 2012 / 2013 season Saturday, 10 November 2012 Start of sale of individual tickets for the FESTTAGE concerts 2013 (with the exception of the FESTTAGE Ring cycle) STAATSBALLETT Berlin Advance ticket sales for members of the Verein der Freunde und Förderer des Staatsballetts Berlin, holders of the TanzTicket and of the StaatsopernCard for all performances of the 2012 / 2013 season starts on 28 April 2012. Regular ticket sales for all performances of the 2012 / 2013 season commence on 12 May 2012

service & tickets

SPECial diSCouNtS Starting four weeks before the performance, school children, students and apprentices under 30 years of age, volunteers working with the German Bundesfreiwilligendienst and recipients of German unemployment benefits, arbeitslosengeld i+ii, are entitled to half-price admission (limited number of seats only) on presentation of their qualification card. Without time limit, young visitors before their 16th birthday pay half-price for seats in all price groups. unsold tickets, if any, will be sold approx. 30 minutes before the beginning of the performances to persons authorised to special discounts, at a flat rate of 13 € and to holders of the berlinpass at a price of 3 € (limited number of seats). We are unable to fulfil seating requests. the best seats will be sold to the holders of a ClassicCard at a price of 8 or 10 € starting one hour before the beginning of the performance. For further information see ClassicCard. No discounts are available for performances in the E, F or special price groups. on presentation of a »B« marked disabled pass, disabled persons may obtain a free ticket for their companion in all price categories. discounted tickets are only valid in combination with a qualification card and photo identification. if these cards cannot be produced when entering the theatre, the difference between the discounted and original price must be paid in the box office. the admission price includes the cloakroom and ticket fees. online booking is subject to a service fee of 2.00 € per ticket. the tickets can be sent by mail on request. For tickets discounted under a StaatsopernCard no service fee is charged. Purchased tickets cannot be refunded. For performances with special prices, sales are limited to four tickets per person maximum. the General terms and Conditions of Stiftung oper in Berlin apply and are displayed on www.staatsoper-berlin.de and in the theatre foyer.

StaatSoPErNCard StaatsopernCard is a flexible subscription for opera, ballet and concerts. Following a one-off payment of 30 € (15 € for persons entitled to special discounts), StaatsopernCard gives you a 20% price reduction in all price categories for all Staatsoper performances – even for premieres. there is no limit to the number of performances for which you may purchase discounted tickets. in addition, you are entitled to priority booking. you can buy your ticket in person,

on the phone or in writing, as you wish – even on the spur of the moment. you just need to quote your card number or present your StaatsopernCard. as a holder of a StaatsopernCard you can log on to our website, select your discounted seats using the digital seating plan, book them and print out your tickets at home. StaatsopernCard is not transferable and it allows you to purchase one ticket per performance. it is not valid for performances at special prices, fund-raisers or guest performances. Please present your StaatsopernCard, photo identification and your ticket on admission.

aBoCard Exclusive offer for our subscribers: in the 2012 / 2013 season aboCard holders will be granted a 10% discount on all Cds and dvds in the classical music department of dussmann das KulturKaufhaus. this is valid from 1 august 2012 to 31 July 2013. Further information: Tel. + 49 (0)30 – 20 35 45 54 or www.staatsoper-berlin.de

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SErviCE & tiCKEtS

ClaSSiCCard

rEFrESHMENtS

Starting one hour before the beginning of the performance, young persons under 30 years old and holding a ClassicCard are offered the best available seats at a fixed price: 10 € for operas and ballets, 8 € for concerts. ClassicCard is a joint offer by Staatsoper im Schiller theater, Staatsballett Berlin, deutsche oper Berlin, Komische oper Berlin, Konzerthaus Berlin and rundfunk orchester und Chöre GmbH. the personalised ClassicCard costs 15 €, is valid for twelve months and is available from the Staatsoper ticket service.

We offer special catering arrangements before the performance and during the interval. on request we can serve your drinks and meals at a table reserved for you. any of our buffet stations will accept your advance order. Tel. + 49 (0)30 – 20 35 42 69 E-mail gerresheim@aol.com

GuidEd tourS For the dates of our regular public guided tours through the Schiller theater and the stage section, please refer to our current monthly schedules or online at www. staatsoper-berlin.de. the tours cost 5 € per person and 2.50 € for children under 16 years of age. of course we can organise individual tours for groups. Please contact: Tel + 49 (0)30 – 20 35 42 05 E-Mail besucherservice@staatsoper-berlin.de

iNForMatioN oN our ProGraMME information on www.classiccard.de

FaMily PErForMaNCES Staatsoper im Schiller theater holds family performances on a regular basis. the dates and times are marked in the season preview calendar. For such events, children under 16 years, accompanied by full price paying adults pay 10 € for any seat. the number of such tickets is limited. in preparation for the performance, the children, together with their parents, can attend a workshop on the piece they are going to see. For the dates of the workshops and further information please refer to www.staatsoper-berlin.de

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on request we will regularly send you our monthly programme free of charge within Germany. Please give your address to our visitor service desk. For addresses outside Germany we charge a postage fee of 7 € for each season, i. e. for ten monthly programmes. you can look up all important programme details on our website www. staatsoper-berlin.de where you will find daily updates of the programme and artists performing as well as summaries of the operas performed. you can book tickets at any time, select your seat on our digital seating plan and print out your tickets yourself.

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SErviCE & tiCKEtS

FT 1 FESTTAGE cycle 1

FT 3 FESTTAGE cycle 3

approx. 10% discount

Monday, 25 March 2013 PERSPECTIVES POLLINI 3

Tuesday, 26 March 2013 Staatskapelle Berlin | Daniel Barenboim

Saturday, 30 March 2013 Orchestra & choir of the TEATRO ALLA SCALA Daniel Barenboim

Monday, 01 April 2013 Staatskapelle Berlin | Daniel Barenboim

FT 4 FESTTAGE cycle 4

FT 2 FESTTAGE cycle 2

approx. 10% discount

Tuesday, 26 March 2013 Staatskapelle Berlin | Daniel Barenboim

Friday, 29 March 2013 PERSPECTIVES POLLINI 4

Saturday, 30 March 2013 Orchestra & choir of the TEATRO ALLA SCALA Daniel Barenboim

Saturday, 30 March 2013 Orchestra & choir of the Teatro Alla Scala Daniel Barenboim

Monday, 01 April 2013 Staatskapelle Berlin | Daniel Barenboim

Monday, 01 April 2013 Staatskapelle Berlin | Daniel Barenboim SUBSCRIPTIONS

photo: thomas bartilla

Festtage cycles

The FESTTAGE Ring cycle

der ring des nibelungen

photo: monika rittershaus

FTR FESTTAGE Ring cycle

Other dates Der Ring des Nibelungen (outside the FESTTAGE 2013):

up to 20% discount

23 | 24 | 27 | 31 March 2013

RZ 1 RING cycle I 04 | 05 | 07 | 10 April 2013

The FESTTAGE Ring cycle comprises: One ticket each for Das Rheingold, Die Walküre, Siegfried and Götterdämmerung An exclusive introduction to the tradition and history of the Ring des Nibelungen as performed by Staatsoper Unter den Linden with music examples presented by the dramatic adviser Dr. Detlef Giese. A programme booklet with original essays and comprehensive material for each performance. … as well as a bubbly surprise by Veuve Clicquot!

RZ 2 RING cycle II 13 | 14 | 18 | 21 April 2013 All Ring cycles can only be booked completely. The prices for Cycle I and Cycle II (see page 46 for prices) include only the tickets for the performances. There is no discount beside the FESTTAGE Ring discount.

Hotel arrangements Tickets including hotel accommodation: www.staatsoper-berlin.de/hotelarrangements

SUBSCRIPTIONS

Calendar 2012 / 2013

Places GF – Glass Foyer

Series A | B | C | D | E Barenboim cycle

BZ1 | BZ2

Premieres

New productions

W – Werkstatt studio

Concerts

K1 | K2

RR – Rotes Rathaus

Festtage

FT1 | FT2 | FT3 | FT4

BM – Bode-Museum

festtage-ring

PH – Philharmonie

RING Cycle

KH – KONZERTHAUS BERLIN

FTR rz1 | RZ2

Subscriptions for beginners EA1 Classical music EA2 Romanticism

september

Sat

08 2:00 p.m. 5:00 p.m. 8:00 p.m. 8:00 p.m. Sun 09 11:00 a.m. 7:30 p.m. Wed 12 7:30 p.m. Fri 14 8:00 p.m. Sat 15 7:30 p.m. Sun 16 11:00 a.m. Tue 18 8:00 p.m.

Anja Harteros | Evening of arias

Jonas Kaufmann | Barenboim cycle

Fri 21 7:30 p.m. Sat 22 8:00 p.m. Sun 23 11:00 a.m. 11:00 a.m. 6:00 p.m. Tue 25 8:00 p.m. Wed 26 8:00 p.m. Fri 28 8:00 p.m. Sat 29 11:00 a.m. 8:00 p.m. Sun 30 11:00 a.m. 3:00 p.m. Tue 02 2:00 p.m.

CALENDAR

PHOTOS: marco borggreve / dietmar scholz – scholzshootspeople.de / – / oskar goldberger

EA3 Modern Times | EA4 Mix

October

Tue Wed Thu Fri

02 03 04 05

Sat

Sun 07 Mon 08 Tue 09 Wed 10 Thu 11 Fri 12 Sat 13 Lance Ryan in SIEGFRIED

Sun 14

Wed Thu Fri Sat

17 18 19 20

Sun 21

8:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 2:00 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 8:00 p.m. 11:00 a.m. 4:00 p.m. 2:00 p.m. 8:00 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 2:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 3:00 p.m. 4:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 8:00 p.m. 2:00 p.m. 3:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 11:00 a.m.

3:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. Mon 22 8:00 p.m. Tue 23 8:00 p.m. Neil Shicoff in tosca

Wed 24 7:30 p.m. Thu 25 11:00 a.m. 10:30 p.m. Fri 26 7:30 p.m. Sat 27 10:00 a.m. 2:00 p.m. 3:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. Sat 27 7:30 p.m. Sun 28 11:00 a.m. 11:00 a.m.

CALENDAR

Sun 28 3:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. Tue 30 11:00 a.m. 8:00 p.m. Wed 31 7:30 p.m.

november

Thu 01 4:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. Fri 02 6:00 p.m. 7:30 p.m. Sat 03 2:00 p.m. 3:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 7:30 p.m. Sun 04 11:00 a.m. 3:00 p.m. 3:00 p.m. Mon 05 8:00 p.m.

Tue 06 8:00 p.m. Wed Thu Fri Sat

René Pape in don carlo

07 08 09 10

7:00 p.m. 4:00 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 10:00 a.m. 2:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. Sun 11 11:00 a.m. 3:00 p.m. 3:30 p.m. 6:00 p.m. Tue 13 8:00 p.m. Thu 15 4:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. Fri

16 6:00 p.m. 7:30 p.m. Sat 17 3:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 8:00 p.m. Sun 18 11:00 a.m. 3:00 p.m.

7:00 p.m. Thu 22 4:00 p.m.

CALENDAR

PHOTOS: mathias bothor – dg / tatyana vlasova / simon fowler

October

December

Fri 23 7:30 p.m. Sat 24 7:00 p.m. Sun 25 11:00 a.m. 6:00 p.m. Mon 26 8:00 p.m. Tue 27 7:00 p.m. Thu 29 10:30 p.m. Fri 30 7:30 p.m.

Sat

Sun

Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Kristıne Opolais in la bohème

Sun

Mon Tue Wed Thu

Fri Sat

Sir Simon Rattle conducts Der Rosenkavalier

01 2:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 02 11:00 a.m. 3:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 04 11:00 a.m. 05 11:00 a.m. 06 11:00 a.m. 07 11:00 a.m. 7:30 p.m. 08 3:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 09 11:00 a.m. 3:00 p.m. 3:00 p.m. 8:00 p.m. 10 7:30 p.m. 11 7:00 p.m. 12 11:00 a.m. 7:30 p.m. 13 11:00 a.m. 7:30 p.m.

14 7:00 p.m. 15 10:00 a.m. 2:00 p.m. 3:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. Sun 16 11:00 a.m. 11:00 a.m. 3:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. Mon 17 7:30 p.m. 8:00 p.m. Tue 18 11:00 a.m. 7:00 p.m.

CALENDAR

Magdalena Kožená in Der Rosenkavalier

January

Daniel Barenboim CONCERT FOR THE NEW YEAR

PHOTOS: mathias bothor – dg / monika rittershaus / marc ribes – virgin classics / andré rival

December

Sun Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

13 15 16 17 18 19

Sun 20 Tue 22

Véronique Gens in der freischütz

Wed Thu Fri Sat

23 24 25 26

Sun 27 Mon 28 Tue 29 Wed 30 Thu 31

february

Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

Sun Mon Sasha Waltz | matsukaze

Tue

3:00 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 2:00 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 8:00 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 8:00 p.m. 11:00 a.m. 6:00 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 8:00 p.m. 8:00 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 8:00 p.m. 10:30 p.m.

01 7:30 p.m. 02 7:30 p.m. 8:00 p.m. 03 3:30 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 04 2:00 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 05 8:00 p.m. 8:00 p.m. 06 2:00 p.m. 07 4:00 p.m. 8:00 p.m. 08 2:00 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 09 2:00 p.m. 4:00 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 10 11:00 a.m. 3:00 p.m. 11 8:00 p.m.

march

Fri 01 7:30 p.m. Sat 02 7:30 p.m. Sun 03 11:00 a.m. 4:00 p.m. Wed 06 6:00 p.m. Thu 07 7:30 p.m. Fri 08 7:30 p.m. Sat 09 2:00 p.m. 7:30 p.m. Sun 10 4:00 p.m. Mon 11 8:00 p.m. Tue 12 8:00 p.m.

Roman Trekel | lied Recital

Wed 13 8:00 p.m. Thu 14 7:30 p.m. Fri 15 7:30 p.m. 8:00 p.m. Sat 16 10:00 a.m. 2:00 p.m. 7:30 p.m. Sun 17 11:00 a.m. 4:00 p.m. Tue 19 8:00 p.m. 8:00 p.m. Thu 21 8:00 p.m. Fri 22 7:30 p.m. Sat 23 7:30 p.m.

CALENDAR

photos: imagem / nomi baumgartl / felix broede – dg

february

Waltraud Meier in die Walküre and götterdämmerung

april

Rolando Villazón VII Subscription concert

Yefim Bronfman | Piano recital

Lecture der fliegende holländer | GF götterdämmerung | rz2 | Special prices TCHAIKOVSKY – Staatsballett Berlin | B prices schlaflos in charlottenburg | gf | 15 / 10 € TCHAIKOVSKY – Staatsballett Berlin | C prices TCHAIKOVSKY – Staatsballett Berlin | C prices 5th Long Opera and Theatre Night Brunch Concert | BM | 48 € Vocal chamber concert | rr | 15 / 10 € premiere Der fliegende Holländer | p | E prices Chamber concert | rr | 15 / 10 €

Wed 01 7:30 p.m. Thu 02 7:00 p.m. 8:00 p.m. Fri 03 7:30 p.m. Sat 04 10:00 a.m. 2:00 p.m. 7:30 p.m. Sun 05 11:00 a.m. 11:00 a.m. 6:00 p.m. 8:00 p.m. Tue 07 8:00 p.m. Wed 08 8:00 p.m. Thu 09 7:00 p.m. Fri 10 7:30 p.m. Sat 11 3:00 p.m. 7:30 p.m. Sun 12 11:00 a.m. 11:00 a.m. 3:00 p.m. 7:30 p.m. Mon 13 8:00 p.m. Tue 14 8:00 p.m. Wed 15 7:30 p.m. Thu 16 7:30 p.m.

Fri Sat

Michael Volle in der fliegende Holländer

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu

17 7:30 p.m. 8:00 p.m. 18 8:00 p.m. 8:00 p.m. 19 7:30 p.m. 20 7:30 p.m. 21 8:00 p.m. 22 7:30 p.m. 23 7:30 p.m.

CALENDAR

photos: Richard Termine / Wilfried Hösl / Bodo vitus / marco borggreve

may

Sun 21 11:00 a.m. 4:00 p.m. Wed 24 7:30 p.m. Thu 25 10:30 p.m. Fri 26 7:30 p.m. Sat 27 4:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. Sun 28 11:00 a.m. 3:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. Mon 29 8:00 p.m.

Fri Sat Sun Wed Thu Fri

june

Christine Schäfer in La traviata

24 25 26 29 30 31

7:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 10:30 p.m. 8:00 p.m.

Sat 01 7:30 p.m. Sun 02 11:00 a.m. 2:00 p.m. 3:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. Wed 05 7:30 p.m. Fri 07 7:30 p.m. Sat 08 7:30 p.m. Sun 09 11:00 a.m. 11:00 a.m. 11:00 a.m. 3:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. Thu 13 7:30 p.m. Sat 15 7:30 p.m. Sun 16 – Sun 30 Sun 16 11:00 a.m. 7:30 p.m. Wed 19 7:30 p.m. Thu 20 8:00 p.m. Fri 21 7:30 p.m. 8:00 p.m. Sat 22 7:30 p.m. Sun 23 11:00 a.m. 3:00 p.m. Mon 24 7:30 p.m. Tue 25 7:30 p.m. Wed 26 8:00 p.m. 8:00 p.m.

Thu 27 7:30 p.m. Yannick Nézet-Séguin VIII Subscription concert

8:00 p.m.

Fri Sat

8:00 p.m. 28 7:30 p.m. 29 7:30 p.m.

8:00 p.m. Sun 30 7:30 p.m. 8:00 p.m.

CALENDAR

STAATSOPER IM SCHILLER THEATER

PHILHARMONIE BERLIN

konzerthaus berlin

Herbert-von-Karajan-Str. 1 10785 Berlin

Gendarmenmarkt 2 10117 Berlin

How to reach us:

Underground Ernst-Reuter-Platz (U2)

S-Bahn Potsdamer Platz (S1, S2, S25)

Bus Bismarckstrasse / Leibnizstrasse (Bus line 101) Ernst-Reuter-Platz (Bus lines M45, X9, 245, N2)

Underground Potsdamer Platz (U2) Mendelssohn-Bartholdy-Park (U2)

S-Bahn Friedrichstrasse (S1, S2, S5, S7, S25, S75)

Bismarckstrasse 110 10625 Berlin

Private car On the central reserve in front of the Schiller Theater and in the surrounding streets there is a limited number of parking spaces.

Bus Philharmonie (M41, 200) Kulturforum (M48) Potsdamer Brücke (M29) Private car There is a small car park on the grounds of Philharmonie. Please use also the car parks in the Sony Center (access via Entlastungsstrasse and Bellevuestrasse) and in the Potsdamer Platz Arkaden (access to the underground car park via Reichpietschufer) an in the car park on Schöneberger Ufer.

venues

Underground Hausvogteiplatz (U2) Stadtmitte (U2, U6) Französische Strasse (U6) Bus Stadtmitte (M48, 347) Staatsoper (100, TXL) Unter den Linden/Friedrich strasse (100, TXL, 200) Friedrichstrasse (147)

photos: thomas bartilla /schirmer – berliner Philharmoniker / jens hübner / atelier tesar / Berlin Partner, FTB-Werbefotografie / torsten elger

Venues

bode-Museum

rotes rathaus

Am Kupfergraben 1 10178 Berlin

Rathausstraße 10178 Berlin

Brunch concerts in the Gobelinsaal and Choir concerts in the Basilika

Chamber concerts, Prussian court music and Children’s choir concert in the Festsaal

How to reach us:

S-Bahn Friedrichstrasse (S1, S2, S5, S7, S25, S75) Hackescher Markt (S5, S7, S75)

S-Bahn Alexanderplatz (S3, S5, S7, S75)

Underground Friedrichstrasse (U6) Tram Am Kupfergraben (M1, M2) Hackescher Markt (M4, M5, M6) Bus Staatsoper (TXL) Lustgarten (100, 200) Friedrichstrasse (147)

Underground Alexanderplatz (U2, U5, U8) Klosterstrasse (U2)

schaubühne am lehniner Platz Kurfürstendamm 153 10709 Berlin How to reach us: S-Bahn Charlottenburg (S5, S7, S9) Halensee (S41, S42, S46) Underground Adenauerplatz (U7) Bus Lehniner Platz/Schaubühne (M19, M29)

Tram Spandauer Strasse/Marienkirche (M4, M5, M6) S+U Alexanderplatz (M2, M4, M5, M6) Bus Berliner Rathaus (248, M48) Spandauer Strasse / Marienkirche (M48, TXL, 100, 200) Alexanderplatz (TXL, 100, 200) venues

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RIGHT

LEFT

ORGAN

ORCHESTRA STAND 1 HAIR

EELC

ATS

Y SE

RIT

PRIO

LEFT

RIGHT

Prices in Euro

Price group

III

K prices

FESTTAGE Concert

Special prices 30 Sep, 26 Mar

115

Special prices 15 Nov, 30 Mar

135

112

wagner gala 13 feb

220

190

150

SEATING PLANS

konzerthaus berlin gendarmenmarkt 2

11 1

BOX 1 BOX 2 BOX 3

4 1

LEFT

STALLS

RIGHT

BOX 4 BOX 5 BOX 6

4 1

7 5

46 47

BOX 8

5 1

4 1

5 1

4 1

39 46 47

4 1

40 7

5 1

25 7

1 st TIER LEFT

1 1

14 14

16 16

1 58 70

14 14

1 st TIER RIGHT 1

17 18 17

16 17 16

LEFT

65 55

17 18 17

BOX 9

BOX 8

BOX 9

BOX 7

BOX 6

5 1

BOX 5

BOX 4

2 nd TIER LEFT

4 1

29 1

BOX 3

5 1

BOX 2

ORCHESTRA STAND

BOX 1

10 1

11 1

A 1

10 1

1 st TIER CENTRE

70 58

2 nd TIER RIGHT

RIGHT

Prices in Euro

Price group K prices

III

SEATING PLANS

staatsoper im schiller theater bismarckstrasse 110

Prices in Euro

Price group

III

A prices

B prices

C prices

D prices

E prices

126

105

F prices

160

130

110

festtage operA

260

210

160

110

festtage ring cycle

840

680

570

390

250

ring CYCLE

572

470

400

286

186

SEATING PLANS

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