2021 Berlin Festival Days
Le nozze di Figaro is one of the marvels of opera repertoire, a musical comedy in the best sense, with a witty libretto and a score that literally overflows with ideas. Lorenzo Da Ponte and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart penned an opera buffa that is almost unsurpassable in its various trials and tribulations – as well as moments of contemplation and reflection. The scenography of Figaro will be reinterpreted for the FESTTAGEN 2021 by Vincent Huguet, and the music by Daniel Barenboim. Together these works continue the Mozart-Da Ponte cycle which began in the previous year with Così fan tutte. There are two symphony concerts on the programme with the Vienna Philharmonic and the Staatskapelle Berlin, as well as a duo program with Martha Argerich and Daniel Barenboim, who will once again join each other at the piano. And once more, Mozart’s music will be the focus.
LE NOZZE DI FIGARO | Staatsoper Unter den Linden
Commedia per musica in four acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Saturday, March 3 @ 12:00 p.m. EST | Thursday, April 1 @ 1:00 p.m. EST | Sunday, April 4 @ 12:00 p.m. EST
PARSIFAL | Staatsoper Unter den Linden
A festival play for the consecration of the stage in three acts by Richard Wagner
Sunday, March 28 @ 10:00 a.m. EST | Friday, April 2 @ 10 a.m. EST | Monday, April 5 @ 10:00 a.m. EST
STAATSKAPELLE BERLIN | Philharmonie Berlin – Großer Saal
Wednesday, March 31 @ 2 p.m. EST
CHILDREN’S OPERA ORCHESTRA CONCERT | Staatsoper Unter den Linden
A moderated concert with surprise guests
Saturday, April 3 @ 5:30 a.m. EST
DUO-RECITAL| Philharmonie Berlin – Großer Saal
Saturday, April 3 @ 10:00 a.m. EST
audio from the 2017 Staatsoper Berlin production of Le nozze di Figaro
February 28, 2020 | American Friends of the Berlin Staatsoper NYC Soirée
Event details and photographs available here.
February 21, 2019 AFBS Soiree | Matthias Schulz and Bart Sher delight the American Friends of the Berlin Staatsoper
