Komische Oper Berlin
Kreizberg later was GMD of the Komische Oper Berlin from 1994 to 2001. During his tenure there, he conducted 10 new opera productions and 38 orchestral concerts, as well as 2 ballets. In particular, in 1994, Kreizberg conducted Berthold Goldschmidt's "Der gewaltige Hanrei" in its first staging since 1932. Other work there in contemporary opera included a production of Hans Werner Henze's "König Hirsch". For his work at the Komische Oper, he received the "Kritikerpreis für Musik" in 1997 by the "Verband der deutschen Kritiker e.V.", the German music critics association. Kreizberg noted difficulties with funding, job cuts, and inability to fill vacancies as factors in his departure from the Komische Oper Berlin.