In Berlin, the Komische Oper is experimenting with its performance venues while its theater undergoes a multiyear renovation. Tempelhof airport in Berlin closed nearly 16 years ago, but one of its ...

Through Oct. 3 at Tempelhof Airport, Berlin; komische-oper-berlin.de. Zachary Woolfe became The Times’s classical music critic in 2022, after serving as classical music editor since 2015.

Berlin's Komische Oper renovations are likely to continue as city of Berlin slashes culture budget by 10%. Director Philip Bröking says that the upcoming budget cuts are extremely painful and ...

The Komische Oper, situated in the old eastern sector of Berlin, may not be the city’s grandest opera company, but it is certainly the most adventurous. Philip Glass’s totemic minimalist opera ...

From Berlin’s Komische Oper, an Ecstatic Stream of ‘Les Contes d’Hoffmann’ In Barrie Kosky's inventive production, Offenbach's opera is both fantastical and heartbreaking.

Starting with the 2023/2024 season, Gaffigan holds the rare distinction of leading two very different top European opera houses, embarking on his new role as General Music Director at Komische ...

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The Komische Oper has since been regarded as the "somewhat different" opera among Berlin's three halls. It is unique in the world, of course, but perhaps even more so in Berlin.

Berlin's Komische Oper renovations are likely to continue as city of Berlin slashes culture budget by 10%. Director Philip Bröking says that the upcoming budget cuts are extremely painful and ...

Berlin's Komische Oper renovations are likely to continue as city of Berlin slashes culture budget by 10%. Director Philip Bröking says that the upcoming budget cuts are extremely painful and, for ...