Eun Sun Kim and Michael Laurenz in Ariadne auf Naxos at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden

Elza van den Heever Jennifer Holloway Alexander Soddy Simone Young Wolfgang Koch Anja Kampe Jaap van Zweden Magnus Dietrich Paul Pigster Tara Erraught Annette Dasch Thomas Guggeis Joana Mallwitz Kwangchul Youn Tanja Ariane Baumgartner Maria Bengtsson Bertrand De Billy Eve-Maud Hubeaux Kirill Serebrennikov Kirill Petrenko
Written by Gabriele Fauchet

Ariadne auf Naxos premiered at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden on April 17th . Eun Sun Kim conducted, and Tanzmeister was... Tenor Experience Michael Laurenz . Further performances will take place on April 19th and 23rd .

Eun Sun Kim , a regular guest at the opera house, returns to Berlin as musical director for this production. She is widely praised for her ability to clearly shape, vividly unfold, and effectively heighten the musical drama in her interpretations. She will return to the Staatsoper again in January 2027 to conduct Tosca .

Michael Laurenz brings his characteristic energy and precision to the prelude of Strauss's opera as Tanzmeister . Next month he returns to the house to sing the role of Pedrillo in Mozart's The Abduction from the Seraglio .

Gabriele Fauchet
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