The Musikfest Berlin opens with Le Grand Macabre by György Ligeti and at the same time celebrates the 75th anniversary of the Berliner Festspiele. Ligeti’s only opera is a profoundly-black parable of war and the end of the world, but ultimately humour gains the upper hand and indirectly also helps in overcoming the fear of death. It is therefore no surprise that this satire is one of the most frequently performed works of contemporary music theatre. Nicholas Collon leads the way through Ligeti’s grotesque doomsday scenario as the chief conductor of the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, assisted by the Helsinki Chamber Choir and an international ensemble of soloists. Thanks to the Helsinki Festival, Ligeti’s “anti-anti-opera”, as the composer himself called it, will be heard for the first time in Finland just a few days previously.

Opening Ceremony Musikfest Berlin 2026 75 Years Berliner Festspiele

Berliner Philharmoniker

Opera Theater of Connecticut marks its milestone 40th anniversary with a landmark season featuring Johann Strauss II’s sparkling masterpiece, Die Fledermaus. Taking the stage on August 7, 9, and 10, 2025, at the Andrews Memorial Theater, 54 East Main Street, Clinton, this production, sung and performed in English, reimagines the timeless operetta with a fresh script by Artistic Director Alan Mann.

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Die Fledermaus

Andrews Memorial Theater

This impactful opera is an experience unlike anything seen before at the Finnish National Opera. In an uprising on a farm, a group of animals overthrow their farmer’s tyrannical reign. Little by little, their new society begins to mirror human civilisation, and their original principles of equality are cast aside.

Luke Terence Scott

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Past events

Aug 28, 2026

Opening Ceremony Musikfest Berlin 2026 75 Years Berliner Festspiele · Berliner Philharmoniker

7 - 10 Aug, 2025

Die Fledermaus · Opera Theater of Connecticut

Future and recently performed repertoire

Dr. Falke in Die Fledermaus by II

Opera Theater of Connecticut

Black Party Minister in Le Grand Macabre by Ligeti

Berliner Philharmoniker

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