What happens when you give Herbert Fritsch, a brilliant actor and director with a penchant for the wacky, a symphony concert to play? It's impossible to say for sure, but what we can say is that Fritsch is venturing into the concert field! Until recently, his turbulent and absurd Don Giovanni raged through the Behrenstraße as a libertine on the verge of a nervous breakdown, and if Wagner was to be at the Komische, then it was Fritsch. This season he's chasing the Florentine hat alongside Herbert Grönemeyer.

Together with General Music Director James Gaffigan, Fritsch presents György Ligeti's groundbreaking Poème symphonique for 100 metronomes and takes us into his very personal musical world, from Carl Maria von Weber to Iannis Xenakis, with all its rough edges. Don't worry, he won't sing. Well, probably not. We're excited!

Symphony Concert: Herbert Fritsch gives a Concert

Komische Oper Berlin @Schillertheater

Herbert Fritsch kehrt nach Don Giovanni und Der fliegende Holländer an die Komische Oper Berlin zurück, diesmal im Doppelpack mit der deutschen Pop-Ikone Herbert Grönemeyer und einem opulenten, komischen, ebenso absurden wie gewitzten Klamauk über Eugène Labiches Verwechslungskomödie Ein Florentinerhut!

Pferd frisst Hut

Schiller Theater

Seeking to test their girlfriends’ fidelity, two men wager that they will remain steadfast. They subject the women to passionate onslaught, and in the end, the fortress of their faithfulness falls. The men, however, involved as they are in the experiment, failed to reckon that they too might betray their partners and feelings. All this cheating, confusing, lying – to others and oneself – is grotesquely comical and simultaneously cruel. One side is inclined not to think about the new situation (Guglielmo and Dorabella), while the others try to comprehend it to the point of exhaustion (Fiordiligi and Ferrando). The final ceremony seeks to cement the social status quo, bringing this new freedom to its knees. The marriage, however, is only for show, and beneath the surface of tradition, the first cracks appear.

Herbert Fritsch

Events

Upcoming events

8 - 24 Feb, 2025

Pferd frisst Hut · Komische Oper Berlin

Jun 22 - Jul 2, 2025

Così fan tutte · Staatsoper Hamburg

Past events

Nov 29, 2024

Symphony Concert: Herbert Fritsch gives a Concert · Komische Oper Berlin

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