Men don't fall in love with courtesans! That's the opinion of Alfredo's father after his son moves in with the mortally ill Violetta Valéry. In her love for Alfredo Violetta even agrees. She leaves him, dies poor, ill – still dreaming of the happiness of true love. One of Verdi's most beloved operas continues to hold the mirror up to society and its hypocritical morality. An exemplary production! See it!

La Traviata

Max-Joseph-Platz

It’s the most performed opera in the German-speaking region, an unusual – and masterly – blend of Viennese folk theatre and fairy tale, mythology and freemasonry mystique: Mozart’s THE MAGIC FLUTE remains a puzzle to this day. Did Mozart and his librettist Schikaneder switch horses from the Queen of the Night to Sarastro half way through? Is the message not one of distrust towards a supposedly infallible priesthood and its simplistic good-versus-evil ideology? Are some Mozart experts right when they talk of a disconnect between text and music? Whatever the answer, it’s the music that allows us to relate to the story’s contradictions. Far from denouncing the characters, it confers an existentiality on their conflicts.

The Magic Flute

Deutsche Oper Berlin

Sparkling irony combined with sparkling champagne mood to the sounds of waltzes.

Die Fledermaus

Semperoper Dresden

A story fizzing with irony and champagne, all danced to the sounds of the waltz.

Against the backdrop of the Babylonian exile of the Israelites the story of the Babylonian king Nabucco is told, who is only purified by a brief loss of power and gives freedom to the Hebrews he has imprisoned. On the other hand, it is also about the private conflict between Nabucco's daughters: while Abigaille wants to ascend to the throne at all costs, Fenena has converted to the Jewish faith out of love for the Israelite Ismaele.

Günter Krämer

Events

Upcoming events

Sep 27, 2025 - Jun 14, 2026

The Magic Flute · Deutsche Oper Berlin

Dec 27, 2025 - Jan 16, 2026

Die Fledermaus · Semperoper Dresden

Feb 27 - Mar 8, 2026

Nabucco · Wiener Staatsoper

Past events

11 - 20 Nov, 2025

La Traviata · Bayerische Staatsoper

Sep 27, 2025 - Jun 14, 2026

The Magic Flute · Deutsche Oper Berlin

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