It is the summer of 1789. A festivity is being prepared in the castle of Countess de Coigny. Charles Gérard, a servant of the Countess´ voices his hatred of the French aristrocracy´s decadence. His aged Father is forced to labour all day long and Gérard himself leads the undignified life of a lackey. Moreover, he is secretly and unhappily in love with Madeleine de Coigny, the daughter of the House with whom he was raised. The political situation is very tense. When the visitors attending the ball finally arrive, they try to distract themselves from the disquieting news from Paris with the help of arcadian idylls and games. The young poet André Chénier is among the guests. Madeleine requests him to recite a poem. He sings of love and laments the injustice of the powers that be in such a convincing manner that Madeleine is deeply moved and forced to quit the room. The doors are suddely opened and a mob of irate people led by Gérard shocks the ball guests. However, the Countess manages to pacify and disperse the mob. The dancing continues.

Andrea Chenier

Deutsche Oper Berlin

Opera for everyone: BMW Classics Concert

Sportanlage Sendling-Westpark

The 106th Holiday Afternoon Concert

Tokyo Opera City Tower

EPSG:4326

The 1023rd Subscription Concert in Bunkamura Orchard Hall

Bunkamura

The 173rd Subscription Concert in Tokyo Opera City Concert Hall

The 1022nd Subscription Concert in Suntory Hall

ARK Hills

Do people need redemption? Between heavenly choirs of angels with a radiant brass aureole and a hellish cauldron of witches with the gloomy pealing of bells, the world’s spheres take on a concrete, haunting shape in the sound space of the opera „Mefistofele“. For centuries, many different artworks have been inspired by the tale of Faust, which explores the complex relationship between God, the Devil, man and woman. Who seduces whom to do what, and how can we achieve redemption?

Mefistofele

Semperoper Dresden

In honeyed tones, Lord and Lady Macbeth reveal their passionate and bizarre emotions to us. But behind this beauty there lurks an abyss, which Verdi unveils with one of the cruelest dramas in the history of world literature. In their struggle to seize power and retain it once it has been usurped, Macbeth and his lady commit one murder after another. The unwavering nature of their desire imbues their love with a radicality that would have been unthinkable on the operatic stage before this work. “The subject matter of this opera is neither political nor religious: it is fantastic,” wrote Verdi and brought Shakespeare’s play closer to a more “romantic” reading. In actual fact, the witches, ghosts and apparitions, the eerie elements, which dominate the musical and dramatic flow, in short the whole world of this opera can be regarded as an outward image of its protagonists’ inner state.

Macbeth

Max-Joseph-Platz

"If you travel to India and to Central Africa, you'll hear Trovatore.“ Nine years after the triumphant first performance, Verdi's opera had achieved the worldwide popularity that moved the composer to make this comment. The fabric of the opera could hardly be more gloomy: a gypsy who wishes to avenge the death of her mother at the stake, a count who wishes to use the execution of this gypsy to strike at his rival; a horrifying truth that is revealed at the moment of death. All the ingredients of Verdi's dramatic abundance appear here: mysterious sound worlds, harsh contrasts, vocal brilliance, opulent tableaux. The cohesive narrative style gives way to the variation of suggestive musical images with which Verdi served "the most important part of the drama“: revenge.

Andrea Battistoni

Events

Upcoming events

Apr 7 - Jul 5, 2026

Macbeth · Bayerische Staatsoper

Apr 26 - May 9, 2026

Il Trovatore · Bayerische Staatsoper

Past events

8 - 18 Dec, 2025

Andrea Chenier · Deutsche Oper Berlin

Oct 24, 2025

Opera for everyone: BMW Classics Concert · Bayerisches Staatsorchester

Future and recently performed repertoire

Conductor in Boléro by Ravel

Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor in The Bartered Bride by Smetana

Bayerisches Staatsorchester

Conductor in Macbeth by Verdi

Bayerische Staatsoper

Conductor in La forza del destino by Verdi

Bayerisches Staatsorchester

Conductor in Rusalka by Dvořák

Bayerisches Staatsorchester

Conductor in Tzigane by Ravel

Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor in Pagliacci by Leoncavallo

Bayerisches Staatsorchester

Conductor in Il trovatore by Verdi

Bayerische Staatsoper

Conductor in Alborada del gracioso by Ravel

Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor in Andrea Chénier by Giordano

Deutsche Oper Berlin

Conductor in Christmas Eve by Rimsky-Korsakov

Bayerisches Staatsorchester

Conductor in La bohème by Puccini

Bayerisches Staatsorchester

Conductor in Tosca by Puccini

Bayerisches Staatsorchester

Conductor in An Alpine Symphony by Strauss

Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor in Nabucco by Verdi

Bayerisches Staatsorchester

Conductor in Faust by Gounod

Bayerisches Staatsorchester

Conductor in Die Fledermaus by Strauss

Bayerisches Staatsorchester

Conductor in Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 by Liszt

Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor in Cavalleria rusticana by Mascagni

Bayerisches Staatsorchester

Conductor in Concerto dell'estate by Pizzetti

Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra

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