Grab your favorite cuddly toy and come along! Because we’re setting off on an adventure with our fluffy friends. We’ve always known deep down that there’s a little spark of life inside our friends Bear, Monkey, Lion, and Tiger, and now, on the big stage, we’ll discover what they get up to when we’re not looking. Get ready for all the surprises they’ve got in store for us!

The cuddly Toy Concert

Schiller Theater

Mrs Bertie Bartolotti had intended to spend the evening at the opera with Mr Egon, but now she’ll have to change her plans. Never in her wildest dreams did she imagine that a misdelivered tin can would turn her into a mother! The Himmelblau company, experts in mass-producing model children, has sent her the Premium Chromo.XY/3859 model, with hair parted to the side and the name Conrad. But what does such a child actually need? And what does he like? Hot peppers? Jellies? Liqueur chocolates? Sardines in oil? Well, best to start by putting a bit of everything on the plate! Conrad loves order and rules, so unfortunately he knows only too well that good children always finish their plates...

Con­rad or The fac­to­ry-made boy

‘Imagine that the universe is beginning to sound and resonate’, Gustav Mahler once said about his Eighth Symphony. This extraordinary work is often called the ‘Symphony of a Thousand’, because Mahler’s vision called for such a huge ensemble: two mixed choirs, a boys’ choir, eight soloists, a massive orchestra, an organ, and an additional brass section. ‘Veni, creator, spiritus!’ It is with this Pentecost hymn invoking the Holy Spirit that the symphony’s first movement begins. For the second movement, Mahler draws upon the final scene of Goethe’s Faust II: ‘The noble part of the spirit has been saved from evil’. Angels and other celestial ‘flight attendants’ lift Faust’s soul—rescued from the clutches of the devil—up to the realm of the ‘Eternal Feminine’. Faust, an early pioneer of grand visions and soaring ideas, fits perfectly into the industrial architecture of Tempelhof. It is here that Mahler’s Eighth Symphony will truly ‘sound and resonate’ as never before, especially with Music Director James Gaffigan himself in the cockpit, guiding our flight through Mahler’s universe.

The thou­sand at Tem­pel­hof

Tempelhof Airport

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

When drag performer Meo Wulf joins the Komische Oper’s orchestral musicians and opera studio singers on a musical journey at the queer cathedral of SchwuZ, you know that love is in the air! Who better than the Queen of Love herself to lead us through a Valentine’s celebration in this extraordinary venue? With her exuberant lip-syncing, Meo Wulf masterfully blends declarations of love from every genre into a dazzling drag performance –followed by an electrifying afterparty!

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Queen of Love

SchwuZ

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

With our chamber concert series, the musicians of the Komische Oper Berlin are presenting intense listening experiences at very special locations: from the festive elegance of the Schiller Theatre to the experimental sound space in the Kindl-Areal, they show their very personal side – beyond the big stage and spectacle.

Meta­mor­phoses

Nils Holgersson is flying away with the geese! In this children’s opera by Elena Kats-Chernin and Susanne Felicitas Wolf, our shrunken hero scampers through plenty of adventures alongside his friend Martin, a domestic goose, and turns out to be bigger than he thought in the end!

Elisa Maayeshi

Events

Upcoming events

Oct 13 - Dec 26, 2025

Conrad or The factory-made boy · Komische Oper Berlin

Nov 9 - Dec 5, 2025

The cuddly Toy Concert · Komische Oper Berlin

Jan 31 - Mar 14, 2026

Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk · Komische Oper Berlin

Feb 14, 2026

Queen of Love · Komische Oper Berlin

Feb 21 - May 15, 2026

Hansel and Gretel · Komische Oper Berlin

Past events

Nov 9 - Dec 5, 2025

The cuddly Toy Concert · Komische Oper Berlin

Oct 13 - Dec 26, 2025

Conrad or The factory-made boy · Komische Oper Berlin

Future and recently performed repertoire

Sandman / Dewman in Hansel and Gretel by Humperdinck

Komische Oper Berlin

forced laborer in Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk by Shostakovich

Komische Oper Berlin

Glorious Mother in Symphony No. 8 by Mahler

Komische Oper Berlin

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Elisa Maayeshi

Events

Upcoming events

Oct 13 - Dec 26, 2025

Con­rad or The fac­to­ry-made boy · Komische Oper Berlin

Nov 9 - Dec 5, 2025

The cuddly Toy Concert · Komische Oper Berlin

Jan 31 - Mar 14, 2026

La­dy Mac­beth of Mtsensk · Komische Oper Berlin

Feb 14, 2026

Queen of Love · Komische Oper Berlin

Feb 21 - May 15, 2026

Hansel and Gretel · Komische Oper Berlin

Past events

Nov 9 - Dec 5, 2025

The cuddly Toy Concert · Komische Oper Berlin

Oct 13 - Dec 26, 2025

Con­rad or The fac­to­ry-made boy · Komische Oper Berlin

Future and recently performed repertoire

Sandman / Dewman in Hansel and Gretel by Humperdinck

Komische Oper Berlin

forced laborer in Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk by Shostakovich

Komische Oper Berlin

Glorious Mother in Symphony No. 8 by Mahler

Komische Oper Berlin

About

Elisa Maayeshi hasn't added a bio

Conrad or The factory-made boy · Komische Oper Berlin

Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk · Komische Oper Berlin

Conrad or The factory-made boy · Komische Oper Berlin