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Kirill Petrenko conducts “Hänsel und Gretel”

Berliner Philharmonie, Main Auditorium, Berlin, Germany
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Important Info
Type: Opera in Concert
City: Berlin, Germany
Starts at: 19:00

E-tickets: Print at home or at the box office of the event if so specified. You will find more information in your booking confirmation email.

You can only select the category, and not the exact seats.
If you order 2 or 3 tickets: your seats will be next to each other.
If you order 4 or more tickets: your seats will be next to each other, or, if this is not possible, we will provide a combination of groups of seats (at least in pairs, for example 2+2 or 2+3).

Cast
Performers
Conductor: Kirill Petrenko
Mezzo-Soprano: Alexandra Ionis
Soprano: Elena Villalón
Tenor: Gerhard Siegel
Soprano: Serafina Starke
Mezzo-Soprano: Shannon Keegan
Bass-Baritone: Wolfgang Koch
Creators
Director: Matthias Davids
Overview

Two courageous children who free themselves from a witch’s clutches through their own ingenuity: Engelbert Humperdinck turned the popular fairy tale into an opera that continues to enchant audiences across generations. Its combination of folk-like melodies with a Wagnerian orchestral sound is unique. The colourful staged production is conducted by Kirill Petrenko. Also taking part is the Vokalhelden choir, drawn from the Berliner Philharmoniker’s Education Programme, which is celebrating its 25th anniversary this season.

Two brave children, a mysterious forest, and a wicked witch defeated through courage and ingenuity—Hansel and Gretel by Engelbert Humperdinck remains one of opera’s most beloved fairy-tale masterpieces.

Inspired by the classic story of the Brothers Grimm, the opera enchants audiences with its unique musical language, blending charming folk-like melodies with lush, richly textured orchestration influenced by Richard Wagner. The result is a work that is both magical and emotionally powerful, appealing to listeners of all ages.

This colourful staged production is conducted by Kirill Petrenko, whose interpretation brings dramatic vitality and orchestral brilliance to Humperdinck’s score. Also featured is the Vokalhelden choir from the Berliner Philharmoniker Education Programme, celebrating its 25th anniversary this season. Together, they create a vivid and heartwarming operatic experience filled with fantasy, wonder, and timeless storytelling.

Venue Info

Berliner Philharmonie - Berlin
Location   Herbert-von-Karajan-Str. 1

The Berliner Philharmonie is a concert hall in Berlin, Germany and home to the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. The Philharmonie lies on the south edge of the city's Tiergarten and just west of the former Berlin Wall. The Philharmonie is on Herbert-von-Karajan-Straße, named for the orchestra's longest-serving principal conductor. The building forms part of the Kulturforum complex of cultural institutions close to Potsdamer Platz.

The Philharmonie consists of two venues, the Grand Hall (Großer Saal) with 2,440 seats and the Chamber Music Hall (Kammermusiksaal) with 1,180 seats. Though conceived together, the smaller hall was opened in the 1980s, some twenty years after the main building.

Hans Scharoun designed the building, which was constructed over the years 1960–1963. It opened on 15 October 1963 with Herbert von Karajan conducting Beethoven's 9th Symphony. It was built to replace the old Philharmonie, destroyed by British bombers on 30 January 1944, the eleventh anniversary of Hitler becoming Chancellor. The hall is a singular building, asymmetrical and tentlike, with the main concert hall in the shape of a pentagon. The height of the rows of seats increases irregularly with distance from the stage. The stage is at the centre of the hall, surrounded by seating on all sides. The so-called vineyard-style seating arrangement (with terraces rising around a central orchestral platform) was pioneered by this building, and became a model for other concert halls, including the Sydney Opera House (1973), Denver's Boettcher Concert Hall (1978), the Gewandhaus in Leipzig (1981), Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles (2003), and the Philharmonie de Paris (2014).

Jazz pianist Dave Brubeck and his quartet recorded three live performances at the hall; Dave Brubeck in Berlin (1964), Live at the Berlin Philharmonie (1970), and We're All Together Again for the First Time (1973). Miles Davis's 1969 live performance at the hall has also been released on DVD.

On 20 May 2008 a fire broke out at the hall. A quarter of the roof suffered considerable damage as firefighters cut openings to reach the flames beneath the roof. The hall interior sustained water damage but was otherwise "generally unharmed". Firefighters limited damage using foam. The cause of the fire was attributed to welding work, and no serious damage was caused either to the structure or interior of the building. Performances resumed, as scheduled, on 1 June 2008 with a concert by the San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra.

The main organ was built by Karl Schuke, Berlin, in 1965, and renovated in 1992, 2012 and 2016. It has four manuals and 91 stops. The pipes of the choir organs and the Tuba 16' and Tuba 8' stops are not assigned to any group and can be played from all four manuals and the pedals.

Important Info
Type: Opera in Concert
City: Berlin, Germany
Starts at: 19:00
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