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  Tourist Information - VLDB 2003
The Staatsoper Unter den Linden is one of the world's great opera houses and also one of the most impressive buildings on Unter den Linden.
Unter den Linden was originally a bridle path: from 1573, it led from Berlin Palace to Lietzow, later Charlottenburg, and then on to Spandau.
During the Second World War, Hitler ordered the linden trees to be chopped down so that the road could be widened and integrated into the east-west axes; by the end of the war the avenue was a wasteland of ruins.
www.vldb.org /conf/2003/homepage/near_campus.html   (2052 words)

  
 European Opera Tours - Opera tours in europe- Tailormade Opera Tours to Europe
In 1945 both Berlin’s large opera houses, the Staatsoper Unter den Linden and the Deutches Opernhaus in the Bismarckstrasse, lay in ruins.
The Staatsoper installed itself in the Admiralspalast next to the Friedrichstrasse railway station (it is the present site of the Metropol Theater) in which both the Staatsoper and the Deutches Opernhaus had found an alternative stage during the war when it was impossible to perform in their own houses.
Plans for the reconstruction of the Staatsoper Unter den Linden (known as the “Lindenoper” were given priority and the house, so rich in its traditions, could be reopened in 1955, two months before the Vienna Staatsoper.
www.europeanoperatours.com /site/5303.htm   (508 words)

  
 Berlin.de: Sights: Unter den Linden   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
The roof is concealed by an attic balustrade, and the three-axis central projection facing Unter den Linden is marked out as the entrance by colossal half columns.
The complex includes part of the state library, the library of the Humboldt University at the rear and, in the front wings on Unter den Linden, the Academy of Science.
The state library is a good example of the representation style with which the Emperor wished to present the new self-awareness that had been gained with the foundation of the Reich.
www.berlin.de /tourismus/sehenswuerdigkeiten.en/00106.html   (444 words)

  
 Monuments in Berlin / Senate Department of Urban Development in Berlin
A boulevard of linden trees was planted from 1647 before the gates of the city by the Great Elector, who wanted to ride from his castle to the hunting grounds in the Tiergarten more comfortably.
Damaged monumental buildings in the eastern section, for instance the Zeughaus (Armory), the Opera or the Humboldt University, were restored on the outside and their destroyed interiors usually renovated in accordance with historical studies.
The gaps in the western section of Unter den Linden could not be closed until after the wall was built in the sixties.
www.stadtentwicklung.berlin.de /denkmal/denkmale_in_berlin/en/unter_den_linden/index.shtml   (482 words)

  
 The New Yorker: The Critics: Musical Events   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Here is how things stand in the first days of December: the Social Democratic Party, which governs Germany with the Greens, supports a plan to unite the Staatsoper, on Unter den Linden, with the Deutsche Oper, in the west.
Many of the same battles were fought in the nineteen-twenties, when the Staatsoper faced competition from two new entities—the Städtische Oper, on the site of the present Deutsche Oper, and the Kroll Oper, on the Platz der Republik.
And, at the Staatsoper, Erich Kleiber presented, among other sensations, the world première of Berg's "Wozzeck." Meanwhile, at the Theater am Schiffbauerdamm, Kurt Weill unleashed the revolution of "The Threepenny Opera." If I could travel to any time and place in the musical past, it would be to the Berlin of 1928.
www.newyorker.com /critics/music/?021216crmu_music   (1227 words)

  
 ShowMag.com
Choreographed by Marius Petipa, with music by Tchaikovsky, the role of Aurora is considered a ballerina’s supreme test, because it requires classical purity of line as well as tremendous strength and stamina during all three main acts.
On her opening night, she commanded the stage from the moment she burst into the first act with a series of fast, precise turns and powerful jumps.
Semionova was recruited by Vladimir Malakhov to join the Berlin Staatsoper Unter Den Linden when she graduated from the Bolshoi Ballet’s school in 2002.
www.showmag.com /dance/dance037.html   (515 words)

  
 classical music - andante - princess turandot -- the ultimate power puff girl?
In interviews before the premiere, the all-too-self-assured director wasn't afraid to admit that she had hardly ever been to the opera, had never liked it and knew nothing about it.
In the event, the staging was not so bad — though most of the critics, provoked by Dörrie's openly displayed ignorance of the art form, tore it apart.
Predictably, the show became a hit, so it was only a matter of time until the Staatsoper asked her back.
www.andante.com /article/article.cfm?id=22356   (1008 words)

  
 Unter den Linden- Berlin, Germany - VirtualTourist.com
The Neue Wache stands at the eastern end of Unter den Linden and when it was built in 1818 it was to serve as the guardhouse for the royal guards.
In the 1930s Nazis replaced linden trees with flagposts, and the boulevard was replanted again after the war but with the establishment of the wall on its western edge it lost most of its meaning.
The eastern part of the Unter den Linden is the most interesting with some of Berlin's best public buildings built around former Forum Fridericianum which stood approximately where the State Opera stands today.
www.virtualtourist.com /travel/Europe/Germany/Land_Berlin/Berlin-75302/Things_To_Do-Berlin-Unter_den_Linden-BR-1.html   (1743 words)

  
 Carew Travel Consultants : Travel programs and cultural guided tours.
Highlights include a gala New Year's Eve dinner in a grand palais, a New Year's Day concert at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden, a performance of the Berlin Philharmonic and a backstage tour at the Staatsoper.
We tour backstage at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden, a beautiful 18th century opera house built by Frederich II.
In the mid-afternoon we attend a special New Year’s concert in the Staatsoper Unter den Linden conducted by Daniel Barenboim.
www.carewtravel.com /tdfberlin05.html   (982 words)

  
 An Overview of Opera & Ballet in Eastern Europe: Vilnius, Riga, Tallinn, Berlin and Budapest
Given their rich performance tradition, the Berlin Staatsoper unter den Linden and the Hungarian National Opera continue to feature the masterworks of the German and Italian opera repertory and Russian ballet in interesting productions.
The Berlin State Opera unter den linden is a major international opera house.
The Hungarian National Opera House in Budapest is reminiscent of the Vienna Staatsoper in the grand 19th-century style with sweeping staircases and public space encasing a superb hall acoustically inside.
www.robertaonthearts.com /id381.html   (990 words)

  
 Doktor Faust - Ferruccio Busoni   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
The two operas are separated by three-quarters of a century and they both use many of the same plot elements, but Busoni surely has moved to a 20th century viewpoint and a sound very different from Berlioz' 19th century romanticism.
This co-production of San Francisco Opera and Staatsoper Stuttgart is set in a rather cold warehouse space, fluorescent lit, graffiti scarred, paint peeling.
Faust's living/working area is at the center; a space that becomes a chapel is at stage-left, glass walls at stage right are altered with lighting and accessories for other effects.
www.culturevulture.net /Opera2/DoktorFaust.htm   (638 words)

  
 Classics Today.com - Your Online Guide to Classical Music
Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin; October 15, 2003
The curtain rises on a wall of skeletons standing in boxes in ultraviolet light, symbolizing all the princes who have died thus far attempting to answer Turandot’s riddles.
The hoopla around the new production of Turandot at the Staatsoper focuses around Bernd Lepel’s costume and set design based on Japanese mangas and director Doris Dörrie’s trivialization of the dream of love.
www.classicstoday.com /Classics/ConcertReview_ASPFiles/ViewConcertReview.asp?Action=User&ID=357   (457 words)

  
 The Wall Fell and Glorious Sounds Arose
Both the Deutsche Oper Berlin and Staatsoper Unter den Linden are well represented on CD and DVD.
Not surprisingly, considering Germany's long partition and the fact that the Staatsoper was in Soviet-controlled East Berlin for much of its recent history, there are many more recordings from the Deutsche Oper.
The cast was a strong one: tenor Peter Seiffert in the title role, singing with ardent expression; soprano Jane Eaglen at her most lyrical as Elisabeth; Thomas Hampson as Wolfram; and Waltraud Meier as Venus.
www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/06/AR2006010600329.html   (463 words)

  
 Oper in Berlin
Otherwise, your tickets will be held in your name at the box office on the night of the perform-ance.
general terms and conditions of business at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden.
During the booking process, please do not use the ‘return’ button on your browser, as the booking process will be interrupted.
new.heimat.de /operinberlin/tickets/staatsoper_kaufen.php3?id_language=2   (101 words)

  
 Profile: Philippe Jordan
Principal Guest Conductor of the Berlin Staatsoper unter den Linden from 2006/2007, Philippe Jordan has at 31 already established himself as one of the most gifted and exciting conductors of his generation.
From September 1998 to June 2001, Mr Jordan was Kapellmeister at the Deutsche Staatsoper in Berlin and assistant to Daniel Barenboim, where he conducts a new productions of Milhaud's Christophe Colomb (staged by Peter Greenaway) and La Bohème.
He added to his operatic debuts Parsifal at the Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich in April 2004 and Ariadne auf Naxos at the Bastille Opera in Paris in October 2004.
www.philharmonia.co.uk /meettheorchestra/players/philippejordan   (421 words)

  
 Dan Ettinger - Conductor
In March 2005 Ettinger conducted again at the New National Theater Tokyo Cosi fan Tutte and a concert series with the Tokyo Philharmonic (conductor soloist).
ith the Staatsoper "Unter den Linden", Berlin Nozze di Figaro, Don Giovanni, Tosca, Turandot, L'Elisir d’Amore, La Traviata, Tannhäuser and Carmen.
Tosca at the Israeli Opera (March-April 04) was followed by an engagements at the Tokyo New National Theater, where he premiered Falstaff in June/July 2004.
www.artpro.co.il /condcomp/Ettinger.html   (590 words)

  
 Event Search: Berlin Classical Music   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Russian waltzes, polkas and marches - rather unusual for an opera house - are once again at the centre of the New Year concerts at the Komische Oper in Berlin.
The splendid sounds of Tchaikovksy's Nutcracker, conducted by Daniel Barenboim, are set to enchant guests at the New Year's Eve Ball at Berlin's main Opera House, the Staatsoper on Unter den Linden.
Berlin's Staatsoper dedicates two weeks in February to baroque opera with the Cadenza Baroque Days.
events.britishairways.com /sisp/index.htm?fx=event.search&loc_id=146451&cat_id=2234   (517 words)

  
 FT.com / Arts & Weekend - Tristan und Isolde, Staatsoper unter den Linden, Berlin
Tristan und Isolde, Staatsoper unter den Linden, Berlin
As part of its quest to celebrate qualified inexperience in the field, the Staatsoper hired the Swiss architects Herzog and de Meuron (Tate Modern in London, Munich’s Allianz Arena) to design the sets.
The pair came up with a single translucent white rubber wall, held in a convex curve by a low- pressure chamber behind.
www.ft.com /cms/s/80cf7a82-d08d-11da-b160-0000779e2340.html   (514 words)

  
 Daniel Barenboim
Daniel Barenboim is General Music Director of the Staatsoper Berlin, of which the Staatskapelle Berlin is the house orchestra.
Daniel Barenboim is General Music Director of the Staatsoper Berlin.
Daniel Barenboim is a regular guest conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, with whom he has made many recordings.
www.danielbarenboim.com /links.htm   (158 words)

  
 Staatsoper Unter den Linden - Italiana in Algeri - 05/28/05
Staatsoper Unter den Linden - Italiana in Algeri - 05/28/05
British director Nigel Lowery has attempted just that in the new production at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden.
The Staatsoper, on the other hand, seems to operate in confidence that none of Berlin’s ample Turkish population care what goes on there.
users.adelphia.net /~srugare/music/Italiana.htm   (1302 words)

  
 Tchaikovsky. Swan Lake. Barenboim, Scherzer, Matz, Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin DVD. While Artistic Director an dGeneral ...
While Artistic Director an dGeneral Musical Director of Berlin's Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Daniel Barenboim has always seen ballet as an artistic genre equal to opera an
While Artistic Director an dGeneral Musical Director of Berlin's Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Daniel Barenboim has always seen ballet as an artistic genre equal to opera and the concert.
The musical direction of Daniel Barenboim, the choreography of Patrice Bart, and the extraordinary achievement of all the artists involved results in a unique synergy of music and dance, making the ballet Swan Lake a great event even 100 years after its world premiere.
www.dancelessons.net /ballet_performance/Swan_Lake_Barenboim.html   (288 words)

  
 Uwe Scholz - Ein Lindentraum: Mozart and Schumann at the Staatsoper unter den Linden
Uwe Scholz - Ein Lindentraum: Mozart and Schumann at the Staatsoper unter den Linden
For the ballet of the Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Uwe Scholz has regrouped under the title 'Ein Lindentraum...' two of his best choreographies for a double bill.
Compositions by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Robert Schumann confront each other, as do the rigorous classical form and the extravagant urge to express oneself from the romantic era.
www.scholzballets.com /r9.html   (502 words)

  
 TDF TRAVEL New Years Eve in Berlin 2004   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Of this vibrant international metropolis, and tdf Travel has arranged a festive 6-night visit to this remarkable city.
Highlights include a gala New Year's Eve dinner in a grand palais, a New Year's Day performance of Mozart's Die Zauberflöte at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden, a performance of the Berlin Philharmonic and we tour backstage at the Staatsoper.
We also take a guided tour of the internationally acclaimed new Jewish Museum designed by Polish-born architect Daniel Liebeskind as well as a daytrip to the summer palace of Frederick the Great in Potsdam.
www.tdf.org /travel/berlinnye04.html   (166 words)

  
 New York Philharmonic: Luciana D'Intino
She has performed with conductors such as Semyon Bychkov, Myung-Whun Chung, Sir Colin Davis, James Levine, Zubin Mehta, and Riccardo Muti.
Recently, she sang Verdi’s Don Carlo at the Bavarian Staatsoper, Opéra de Montecarlo, Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, and at the Opernhaus Zurich.
In 2001 she made her debut at Berlin’s Staatsoper unter den Linden in Verdi’s Aida, and reprised the title role in Bizet’s Carmen at the Teatro Regio di Parma and in Las Palmas.
nyphil.org /attend/guests/index.cfm?page=profile&personNum=963&seasonNum=5   (208 words)

  
 Chicago Symphony Orchestra - March 24a 2004
The CSO's concerts at the Berlin Philharmonie complement two operas to be presented at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden.
The CSO will return to Berlin's Festtage in March 2005, part of a seven-city, eleven-concert tour to Europe that begins in Berlin on March 24.
In addition to his post in Chicago, Daniel Barenboim is General Music Director of the Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin and its orchestra, the Staatskapelle Berlin.
www.cso.org /main.taf?p=7,1,2,1,61   (449 words)

  
 René Pape Reviews & Articles from The Opera Critic
Fresh from singing in Robert Wilson's production of Lohengrin at the Met Rene Pape talks about a major upcoming role debut, the Kenneth Branagh film of The Magic Flute.
The German bass, known for doing star turns as well as cameos, has found two places to call home: the Metropolitan Opera and the Staatsoper.
Große Stimme, schöne Seele: Der Dresdner Baß René Pape singt an der Staatsoper "Boris Godunov"
theoperacritic.com /singers.php?singer=rene_pape&mode=1&offset=25&offset2=0   (344 words)

  
 Opera News > The Met Opera Guild
I love my independence," Barenboim is quoted as saying at the press event announcing his appointment.
In addition, La Scala announced that it would undertake a "musical and institutional" partnership with Berlin's Staatsoper Unter den Linden, where Barenboim currently serves as general music director.
More information can be found at the Teatro alla Scala, the Staatsoper Unter den Linden
www.metoperafamily.org /operanews/news/pressrelease.aspx?id=1186   (486 words)

  
 Pointe Magazine   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
I recently caught up with her for a brief conversation to ask her what’s next for her career.
Vishneva as Odette performing Malakhov’s Swan Lake with the Staatsoper Unter den Linden
That was where we danced Giselle together for the first time.
www.pointemagazine.com /backissues/may04/diana.shtml   (833 words)

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