The season kicks off at Tempelhof Airport’s Hangar 4, which is opening its portals for another spectacular extravaganza: after last season saw hundreds of choral singers performing Handel’s Messiah, this time we’ve got hundreds of dancers in Jesus Christ Superstar! Director Andreas Homoki and set designer Philipp Stölzl are transforming the space into a monumental rock show, the perfect setting for a real superstar...

Je­sus Christ Su­per­star

Tempelhof Airport

Don Giovanni knows what he wants, how to get it and how to throw an outrageously decadent party. Servant Leporello groans under the seductive arts of his master, as he has to pay for everything afterwards. When Don Giovanni murders the Commendatore in a duel for the honor of his daughter Donna Anna, Leporello has had enough. Don Giovanni likes to seduce, trick and gamble for his life, until he suddenly has to face death young and wild ...

Don Gio­vanni/­Re­qui­em

Schiller Theater

After bringing Dmitri Shostakovich’s early opera The Nose to life in a wonderfully grotesque staging, Barrie Kosky now turns his attention to a far more radical work by the Russian composer: Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, a dark tale of sex and violence featuring one of opera’s most fascinating female characters.

La­dy Mac­beth of Mtsensk

Engelbert Humperdinck’s celebrated fairy-tale opera for the whole family has returned to the stage of the Komische Oper Berlin! In this new production by Dagmar Manzel, the story of the siblings lost in the forest burgeons with fresh new life, full of childlike imagination, poetic wit, and plenty of magic.

Hansel and Gretel

The ruling strongman is back—the kind of man who wipes the slate clean, knocks things over, takes action, and grabs what he wants, all while feeling magnificent, youthful, and cheerfully destructive. King Belshazzar was one such figure, a despotic ruler from biblical times...

Bel­shazzar

Imagine being immortal and witnessing four centuries of history firsthand—first as a man, then as a woman...

Olaf Freese

Events

Upcoming events

Dec 19, 2025 - Jan 18, 2026

Don Giovanni/Requiem · Komische Oper Berlin

Jan 31 - Mar 14, 2026

Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk · Komische Oper Berlin

Feb 21 - May 15, 2026

Hansel and Gretel · Komische Oper Berlin

Mar 28 - May 8, 2026

Belshazzar · Komische Oper Berlin

May 16 - Jun 6, 2026

Orlando · Komische Oper Berlin

Past events

Sep 19 - Oct 8, 2025

Jesus Christ Superstar · Komische Oper Berlin

About

Olaf Freese hasn't added a bio

Olaf Free­se