Komische Oper Berlin
Komische Oper Berlin brings opera, operetta and musical theatre to Berlin, with productions performed in German. The theatre is wheelchair accessible. Its ornate history began between 1891 and 1892, when Ferdinand Fellner and Hermann Helmer built the venue as Theater Unter den Linden.
The building became the Metropol-Theater in 1898 and later hosted popular variety performances during the 1920s and 1930s. Nationalisation during the Nazi era turned it into the Staatliches Operettentheater, before wartime damage and post-war reconstruction reshaped its future. In 1947, Walter Felsenstein founded the opera company, which established a tradition of German-language productions and new interpretations. A complete rebuilding in the 1960s created a new exterior, and Mozart’s Don Giovanni reopened the theatre in 1966.
Stage technology has since undergone further modernisation, while the company has premiered works by composers including Siegfried Matthus. Barrie Kosky led the theatre as Intendant until 2022, and a ballet company remained part of its story until 2004.
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