Staatsoper Berlin
Elektra at Staatsoper Berlin
This ELEKTRA doesn’t just tell a story of vengeance and trauma—it makes you feel the weight of generations of women bound by duty, grief, and the remnants of a shattered world.
Philip Zuschke
Lifelong opera stan projecting my sociological and queer perspective onto what’s playing on Berlin‘s big and small classical stages.
Deutsche Oper Berlin
Turandot at Deutsche Oper Berlin
By placing TURANDOT within a rigidly controlled dystopia—where press is restricted, police surveil the public, and dissent is crushed—the opera’s otherwise fantastical premise gains a sense of political logic.
Staatsoper Berlin
Rusalka at Staatsoper Berlin
Visually, the production is rich with unsettling imagery that redefines Rusalka’s nature. Though traces of her original water-nymph identity remain, here, she is something far more uncanny.
Staatsoper Berlin
Der Rosenkavalier at Staatsoper Berlin
Beneath the aristocratic elegance and comedic disguises, this is an opera about people—flawed, passionate, and full of contradictions. It speaks of trust, longing, and the challenge of overcoming one’s own fears.
Staatsoper Berlin
Fin de Partie at Staatsoper Berlin
Thematically, FIN DE PARTIE explores the absurdity of life, isolation and dependency, the cyclical nature of existence, and the complex dynamics of physical disability and human relationships.
Staatsballett Berlin
William Forsythe by Staatsballett Berlin
What I most enjoy about Forsythe‘s work is the androgyny of the choreographies: often, male and female dancers make very similar movements, equally fierce and fluid, breaking some gendered conventions the perception of dance.
Komische Oper Berlin
La Bohème at Komische Oper Berlin
This refreshing staging dismantles well-worn BOHÈME clichés, peeling away layers like an onion to expose the opera’s essential human truths: gone are the picturesque Parisian rooftops, falling snow, and festive Christmas scenes.
English National Opera
The Handmaid's Tale at English National Opera
Those familiar with the TV show will find that this production instills the same levels of terror and discomfort: the plight if the Handmaids, the ruthlessness of Gilead‘s commanders, the ambivalent complexity of the Aunts, and the rallying cry of hopeful rebellion are bone-chillingly depicted.
Deutsche Oper Berlin
Nabucco at Deutsche Oper Berlin
While the production may not have intended to make a political statement, the parallels were personally difficult to ignore. This serves as a reminder that opera, like all art, is inherently political, and exists in the context of our reality.
Deutsche Oper Berlin
Das schlaue Füchslein at Deutsche Oper Berlin
While it might appear that this is a tale for children, the story conveys very adult topics like sexuality, loss of a loved one, revenge, unfulfilled relationships, and regret late in life. As so often with children’s fairytales, two stories are being told in parallel.
Konzerthaus Berlin
Happy New Year from Konzerthaus Berlin
It‘s not surprising that Beethoven 9 has become this traditional New Year‘s piece: we‘re all particularly receptive to its message of global fraternity and sorority around the holidays.
Komische Oper Berlin
Die Zauberflöte at Komische Oper Berlin
This production is a truly special take on Mozart’s 1791 icon: the stage is a flat two-dimensional white surface onto which a sort of animated fairytale reminiscent of 20th century silent film is projected to show most of the plot.