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The Deutsche Oper Berlin bids farewell to the year with a diverse programme. December 2025 will be dominated by great Italian opera: in addition to a new production of Umberto Giordano’s Fedora, Andrea Chénier, a classic in a tried-and-tested production, will return to the stage. The programme is complemented by Puccini’s Madama Butterfly, popular Christmas classics such as Humperdinck’s Hänsel und Gretel and Strauss’ Die Fledermaus, as well as Rossini’s lively Barbier von Sevilla. A special concert with a tongue-in-cheek look at musical ‘guilty pleasures’ rounds off the December programme.
It must be a rare exception in opera house schedules to be able to stage two productions by Umberto Giordano in the same month. In December, the Deutsche Oper Berlin is offering four performances of the new production of Giordano’s FEDORA as well as the last three performances of John Dew’s 1994 production of ANDREA CHENIER.
The new production of FEDORA, under the musical direction of John Fiore and staged by Christof Loy, features an outstanding cast: Vida Miknevičiūtė in the title role and Jonathan Tetelman as Loris Ipanoff can be seen after the premiere on 27 November and again on 1 and …
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Fig. above: Die Fledermaus, premiere on 28 April 2018 at the Deutsche Oper Berlin, © Thomas Jauk.
