New Productions

Mussorgsky wrote both the music and the libretto for his opera Chowanschtschina (Kovanshchina) but died before he could complete it. The Staatsoper Berlin’s new production June 2-24 will use the version by Shostakovich with an ending by Stravinsky, and the whole score has been re-orchestrated. The staging is by Claus Guth with music direction by […]

Directing team Hauen und Stechen have created a new production of John Adams’ Nixon in China for Deutsche Oper Berlin. With performances June 22-July 12, the production will be directed by Daniel Carter. The cast includes Kyle Miller as Chou En-lai, Thomas Lehman as Nixon, and Heidi Stober as Pat Nixon. https://deutscheoperberlin.de/en_EN/calendar/nixon-in-china.17580481