The front of the theater was chaotic. Late May of last month at the Staatsoper theater in the middle of Unter den Linden, a central Berlin street. Around an ambulance with clear bullet marks, five or ...

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 ...

Opera thrives on competition as much as collaboration—on who can sing higher, louder, longer, more passionately; what production can seduce or scandalize most abundantly; which company can hoard the ...

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. With Komische Oper Berlin, Gaffigan takes on leadership of the orchestra ...