Komische Oper Berlin Movie Trailers

Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin (Komische Oper Berlin) Trailer (2016)

15 February 2016

Live performance from the Komische Oper Berlin, February 15 2016.

Orphée aux Enfers - Salzburger Festspiele 2019 Trailer (2020)

25 October 2020

Offenbach’s mockery of bourgeois ideals, the sublimity of music and the institution of marriage ensures that the moralistic sermonizing of ‘Public Opinion’ falls on deaf ears.

Offenbach: The Tales of Hoffmann (Komische Oper Berlin) Trailer (1971)

18 October 1971

Walter Felsenstein's staging of Jacques Offenbach's The Tales of Hoffmann at the Komische Opera Berlin.

Verdi: Othello (Komische Oper Berlin) Trailer (1969)

01 January 1969

Directed by Walter Felsenstein in 1969, this production of Giuseppe Verdi's classic opera chronicles the tragic tale of Othello, a Moorish general whose inability to control his feelings of mistrust and jealousy lead to his dramatic downfall.

Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro (Komische Oper Berlin) Trailer (1975)

26 February 1975

The Marriage of Figaro that received its premiere on 26 February 1975 in the Komische Oper Berlin was Walter Felsenstein’s last production and in many respects can be regarded as representing his legacy.

Mussorgsky: Sorochintsy Fair (Komische Oper Berlin) Trailer (2017)

02 April 2017

A devil is at work in the Ukrainian village of Sorochintsy, terrifying residents and travellers alike.

Die tote Stadt Trailer (2018)

30 September 2018

Following the death of his young wife, a widower has isolated himself from the outside world. He lives solely for her memory, until one day he encounters a dancer who looks remarkably familiar.

Offenbach: Bluebeard (Komische Oper Berlin) Trailer (1973)

27 April 1973

Ritter Blaubart is a DEFA studio recording, commissioned by East German television, of Walter Felsenstein's production of Jacques Offenbach's operetta Bluebeard in three acts at the Komische Oper Berlin.

Mozart: Don Giovanni (Komische Oper Berlin) Trailer (1966)

02 December 1966

This is released as part of Art Haus' Walter Felsenstein edition. Felsenstein, a contemporary of Bertold Brecht, ran the East German Komische Oper from just after World War II to his death.