Staatsoper Unter den Linden 23-24 Season Highlights
The Staatsoper Unter den Linden 2023-2024 season will kick off with an opening celebration on 9 September 2023.
This season includes…
LINDEN 21: world premiere of DON’T YOU NOMI? with director Julia Lwowski; world premiere of THE TIMELESS MOMENT with director, performer and set designer Silvia Costa; revival of Thom Luz’s WERCKMEISTER HARMONIEN.
BAROCKTAGE: premiere of Marc-Antoine Charpentier’s tragédie en musique MÉDÉE (music director: Simon Rattle, stage director: Peter Sellars, stage design: Frank O. Gehry); Luigi Cherubini’s MEDEA directed by Andrea Breth; Mozart’s MITRIDATE, RE DI PONTO; numerous concerts.
The FESTTAGE: revival of Wagner’s RING tetralogy directed by Dmitri Tcherniakov, conducted for the first time by Philippe Jordan at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden; concerts with the Staatskapelle Berlin and the Opera Children’s Orchestra.
28 opera revivals: Peter Eötvösʼs SLEEPLESS; Beat Furrer’s VIOLETTER SCHNEE
100 concerts in Berlin: 16 symphony concerts (with eight programs) and other special concerts by the Staatskapelle Berlin; Canadian and U.S. tour of the Staatskapelle Berlin under the baton of Daniel Barenboim.
2023/24 concert programs: a focus on Antonín Dvořák; works by Anton Bruckner in celebration of his 200th birthday; Gustav Mahler’s Symphonies Nos. 1, 5 and 7; works by the South Korean composer Unsuk Chin; two violin concertos by Béla Bartók.
In total, the Staatsoper Unter den Linden will present more than 320 events in 2023/24.
STAATSOPER FÜR ALLE in July 2024 with an open-air concert by the Staatskapelle Berlin, conducted by Christian Thielemann; numerous projects by the Junge Staatsoper, including performances by the Opera Children’s Orchestra and the Children’s Opera House Unter den Linden.
We also devote special attention to the topic of sustainability with a special concert project by the Orchester des Wandels (Orchestra of Change) of the Staatskapelle Berlin at Kraftwerk Mitte and the SUSTAINABLE LISTENING series.
Debut Conductors at the Staatsoper and with the Staatskapelle Berlin: Elim Chan, Pierre Dumoussand, Iván Fischer, Marie Jacquot, Nicola Luisotti, Joana Mallwitz, Rafael Payare, Giedré Šlekytė, Robin Ticciati, Jaap van Zweden.
Newly directed productions: Calixto Bieito, Silvia Costa (house debut), Claus Guth, Julia Lwowski (house debut), David Marton (house debut), Kornél Mundruczó, Peter Sellars (house debut).
Dani Juris will be the new chorus director of the Staatsoper Unter den Linden from the 2023/24 season.