Matthias Pintscher’s first opera in 20 years invites audiences to find their own meaning in a macabre 19th-century tale. By Jeffrey Arlo Brown Christian Thielemann’s inaugural new production as the ...

The Berlin State Opera, one of the most important opera houses in the world, has a new maestro. Christian Thielemann will succeed Daniel Barenboim, who stepped down in January for health reasons.

In September, opera company chief Kirsten Harns ignited a nationwide furor by cancelling four planned performances of Idomeneo, after police officials warned her that director Hans Neuenfels's ...

2004-03-08 04:00:00 PDT Berlin-- From the start of the prolonged offstage drama that has been convulsing Berlin's opera world since the late 1990s, two inescapable and contradictory realities seemed ...

AFP — World-renowned conductor Daniel Barenboim has had his contract with Berlin’s State Opera extended until 2027, the city said Tuesday, despite several musicians complaining about his bullying.