Two upcoming visits: the first devoted to the Staatsoper's Festtage, the second to the Deutsche Oper. No
insult intended to the Komische Oper and other organisations: I hope it will not be too long before I darken your doors again too. Herewith my plans:
24 March: Yo-Yo
Ma/Staatskapelle Berlin/Daniel Barenboim: Dvořák Cello Concerto; Elgar Second
Symphony
25 March: Parsifal; dir. Tcherniakov; Schager,
Meier, Pape, Koch, et al./Staatskapelle
Berlin/Barenboim26 March: Argerich/Barenboim, et al.: works by Schumann, Debussy, and Bartók
27 March Orfeo ed Euridice; dir. Flimm (designs by Frank Gehry); Mehta, Prohaska, et al./Staatskapelle Berlin/Barenboim
6 April Salome; dir. Guth; Naglestad, Volle, et al.; cond. Altinoglu
7 April Elektra; dir. Kirsten Harms; Herlitzius,
Soffel, Uhl, et al.; cond. Runnicles
8 April Die ägyptische Helena; dir. Marto Arturo
Marelli; Merbeth, Aikin, Vinke, et al.;
cond. Litton
9 April Die Liebe der Danae; Delavan, Uhl, et al.; dir. Harms; cond. Weigle
10 April Der Rosenkavalier; dir. Friedrich;
Harteros, Sindram, et al.; cond.
Schirmer
The eagle eyed
amongst you might notice a certain theme to the works being performed at the
Deutsche Oper.
