The highlights 2025 at the Komische Oper Berlin
2025 will be an exciting year for all opera lovers and those who want to become one! While the Komische Oper Berlin 's main building in Behrenstraße is currently being renovated, most performances will take place in the elegant Schillertheater in Charlottenburg.
The program could hardly be more varied: from great classics such as La Bohème to rarely performed masterpieces such as Philip Glass' Akhenaten or the humorous sounds of the operetta The Pearls of Cleopatra.
The best thing about it? Whether you're new to opera or have been an avid fan for years, there's something for everyone: great emotions, thrilling music and productions that invite you to laugh, marvel and reflect.
Here are our highlights that you should definitely not miss in 2025:
La Bohème
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Giacomo Puccini's masterpiece tells of the wild life of bohemians in 19th century Paris - full of longing, freedom and bittersweet finality.
Christmas 1830, Quartier Latin: no money for rent, firewood or a feast, but plenty of lust for life and love. La Bohème tells the timeless story of artists searching for their way between longing, freedom and the pain of parting. With Puccini's poignant music and a stage set that makes Paris shine as a magical place of art and transience, this production promises an emotional opera experience in a class of its own.
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17.01. - 19:30 | 19.01. - 16:00 | 24.01. - 19:00 | 31.01.- 19:00
📍 Schillertheater - Great Hall
Horse eats hat
After his acclaimed productions of Don Giovanni and The Flying Dutchman, Herbert Fritsch is back at the Komische Oper Berlin - and this time he's bringing along reinforcements: German pop icon Herbert Grönemeyer! Together they are devoting themselves to Eugène Labiche's hilarious comedy of mistaken identity A Florentine Hat - or, as it is called here, Horse Eats Hat. That's what it's about: Liverpudlian Fadinard's horse eats the straw hat of a lady who has to cover up her affair - forcing him to go on a chaotic hunt across Paris for an identical replacement hat on the day of his wedding, of all days. But the more Fadinard tries to untangle the chaos, the more he gets caught up in a turbulent web of jealousy, family turmoil and dueling demands.
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08.02. - 19:00 | 09.02. - 18:00 | 12.02. - 19:00 | 13.02. - 19:00 | 15.02. - 19:30 | 15.05. - 19:30 | 19.05. - 19:00 | 24.05. - 19:30
📍 Schillertheater - Great Hall
© Jan Windszus
The beautiful Helena
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Jacques Offenbach's operetta transports the audience into the world of Greek mythology and tells the story of Helena, the most beautiful woman in the world, and her affair with Paris. Helena is bored at the court of Sparta - until a mysterious, attractive shepherd appears and turns her fate upside down. Barrie Kosky stages Jacques Offenbach's travesty of antiquity as a fast-paced spectacle full of wit, whirl and seductive melodies. Monty Python à la française - with a Helena who puts everything in the shade!
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22.02. - 7:30 pm | 27.02. - 7:00 pm | 08.03. - 7:30 pm | 16.03. - 6:00 pm | 19.03. - 7:00 pm | 22.03. - 7:30 pm | 30.03. - 6:00 pm |
📍 Schillertheater - Great Hall
Akhenaten
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Following the success of Satyagraha, Philip Glass' opera trilogy returns to the Komische Oper Berlin - this time with Akhenaten. Under the direction of Barrie Kosky , the Egyptian pharaoh Akhenaten is presented as a revolutionary ruler who worshipped the sun as a god and shook the Egyptian empire. The story is told by a modern group of travelers who visit the historical sites and learn about Akhenaten's failed legacy. Minimal music in its purest form, gripping and with an archaic wind sound that makes this opera unique.
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15.03. - 7:00 pm | 21.03. - 7:00 pm | 23.03. - 6:00 pm | 28.03. - 7:00 pm | 05.04. - 7:30 pm | 11.04. - 7:00 pm | 18.04. - 7:30 pm | 20.04. - 7:00 pm |
📍 Schillertheater - Great Hall
The pearls of Cleopatra
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It's going to be colorful, shrill and absolutely hilarious: In The Pearls of Cleopatra, things go haywire with the mighty pharaoh! Her power is waning, the men are missing, and the only solution? The (love) pearls! With a deliciously over-the-top Cleopatra, played with heart and humor by Manzel, and a dance ensemble that brings the Roaring Twenties to the stage, it's a groovy evening that gets the audience going and makes them laugh out loud
⏰ TERMINALS
12.04. - 7:30 pm | 17.04. - 7:30 pm | 26.04. - 7:30 pm | 01.05. - 7:00 pm | 04.05. - 6:00 pm | 18.05. - 6:00 pm | 22.05. - 7:00 pm |