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Staatsoper Unter den Linden
A 1,350-seat Berlin opera house whose 1742 opening tied a court theatre to the Staatskapelle Berlin.
- Upcoming shows
- 179
- Address
- 7 Unter den Linden, 10117 Berlin
- Next show
- Sun, 15 Nov 2026
About Staatsoper Unter den Linden
Staatsoper Unter den Linden is Berlin’s 1,350-seat home for opera, ballet and Staatskapelle Berlin concerts. Its defining detail reaches back to its creation: Frederick II’s court opera was among Europe’s earliest major free-standing theatre buildings, deliberately set apart from the ruler’s residence. That provenance gives an evening here an architectural frame as formal as the repertoire, while the present house pairs it with a renovated auditorium and stage.
A court theatre, rebuilt for a new century
Frederick II commissioned Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff to create the Royal Court Opera as the first completed building of the Forum Fridericianum. Construction ran from 1741 to 1743, yet the house opened on 7 December 1742, before the building was finished: Carl Heinrich Graun’s Cleopatra e Cesare introduced the resident royal court orchestra to its new home. That partnership became the Staatsoper and Staatskapelle Berlin relationship that still anchors the venue’s programming.
Fire gutted the interior in 1843, followed by reconstruction, and wartime damage later required a further postwar rebuild. The defining recent interruption came with a seven-year general renovation from autumn 2010 to autumn 2017. The return began in October 2017 with a prelude season; Jürgen Flimm’s staging of Robert Schumann’s Szenen aus Goethes Faust, conducted by Daniel Barenboim, served as the opening premiere. The project added modern stage technology and reshaped the room’s acoustics.
The room now
This is a house-led repertory venue, with seasons built around staged opera productions, Staatskapelle symphonic concerts, chamber music, dance and selected new work. The 2026/27 main-hall plan spans 23 repertory productions, including Mozart, Verdi, Puccini, Wagner and Rimsky-Korsakov; the smaller Apollosaal carries chamber concerts and Sunday matinees. Inside the main auditorium, seated opera and concert layouts are separately planned. The 2017 work supplied upgraded stage machinery, improved acoustics and better stage visibility, making it a strong fit for listeners who want voices and orchestral detail in a traditional proscenium setting.
Sources
- Königliches Opernhaus, Deutsche Staatsoper — Berlin Monument Database
- Chronik der Staatskapelle Berlin — Staatskapelle Berlin
- Special: Reopening of the Staatsoper — visitBerlin
- Staatsoper Unter den Linden — Berlin.de
- History — Staatsoper Berlin
- The Staatsoper Unter den Linden Presents the 2026/27 Season — Staatsoper Berlin
- Seating Plans & Prices — Staatsoper Berlin
Next 15 shows
- Sun, 15 Nov 2026 · 18:00 Francesco Cavalli + Christina Pluhar, Vera-Lotte Boecker, Milan Siljanov, Renato Dolcini, Giuseppina Bridelli, Arnaud Gluck, Ensemble L’Arpeggiata, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin View in the CrowdMate app
- Wed, 18 Nov 2026 · 19:00 Francesco Cavalli + Christina Pluhar, Vera-Lotte Boecker, Milan Siljanov, Renato Dolcini, Giuseppina Bridelli, Arnaud Gluck, Ensemble L’Arpeggiata, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin View in the CrowdMate app
- Fri, 20 Nov 2026 · 19:00 Claudio Monteverdi + Diego Fasolis, Anna Prohaska, Raffaele Pe, Anna Kissjudit, Carlo Vistoli, Manuel Winckhler, Mark Milhofer, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin View in the CrowdMate app
- Sat, 21 Nov 2026 · 19:00 Francesco Cavalli + Christina Pluhar, Vera-Lotte Boecker, Milan Siljanov, Renato Dolcini, Giuseppina Bridelli, Arnaud Gluck, Ensemble L’Arpeggiata, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin View in the CrowdMate app
- Sun, 22 Nov 2026 · 18:00 Claudio Monteverdi + Diego Fasolis, Anna Prohaska, Raffaele Pe, Anna Kissjudit, Carlo Vistoli, Manuel Winckhler, Mark Milhofer, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin View in the CrowdMate app
- Tue, 24 Nov 2026 · 19:00 Claudio Monteverdi + Diego Fasolis, Anna Prohaska, Raffaele Pe, Anna Kissjudit, Carlo Vistoli, Manuel Winckhler, Mark Milhofer, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin View in the CrowdMate app
- Wed, 25 Nov 2026 · 19:30 Henry Purcell + Christopher Moulds, Natalia Skrycka, Gyula Orendt, Aphrodite Patoulidou, Hanseong Yun, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin View in the CrowdMate app
- Thu, 26 Nov 2026 · 19:00 Claudio Monteverdi + Diego Fasolis, Anna Prohaska, Raffaele Pe, Anna Kissjudit, Carlo Vistoli, Manuel Winckhler, Mark Milhofer, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin View in the CrowdMate app
- Fri, 27 Nov 2026 · 19:30 Henry Purcell + Christopher Moulds, Natalia Skrycka, Gyula Orendt, Aphrodite Patoulidou, Hanseong Yun, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin View in the CrowdMate app
- Sat, 28 Nov 2026 · 19:30 Giacomo Puccini + Alexander Soddy, Aleksandra Kurzak, Benjamin Bernheim, Davide Luciano, Arttu Kataja, Manuel Winckhler View in the CrowdMate app
- Sun, 29 Nov 2026 · 18:00 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart + Tim Fluch, Evelin Novak, Siyabonga Maqungo, Jaka Mihelač, René Pape, Maria Kokareva View in the CrowdMate app
- Tue, 1 Dec 2026 · 11:00 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart + Tim Fluch, Serafina Starke, Andrés Moreno García, Carles Pachon, Manuel Winckhler, Maria Kokareva View in the CrowdMate app
- Wed, 2 Dec 2026 · 19:30 Giacomo Puccini + Alexander Soddy, Aleksandra Kurzak, Benjamin Bernheim, Davide Luciano, Arttu Kataja, Manuel Winckhler View in the CrowdMate app
- Thu, 3 Dec 2026 · 19:00 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart + Tim Fluch, Evelin Novak, Siyabonga Maqungo, Carles Pachon, René Pape, Maria Kokareva View in the CrowdMate app
- Fri, 4 Dec 2026 · 19:30 Giacomo Puccini + Ivan Repušić, Elsa Dreisig, Riccardo Massi, Clara Nadeshdin, Gyula Orendt View in the CrowdMate app
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