Staatsoper Berlin 2010-2017
Contributors: Giese, Detlef; Lüscher, Regula; Pogade, Daniela, 1964-; Berlin (Germany). Senatsverwaltung für Stadtentwicklung
Publisher: DOM publishers
Published: 2017
Place of publication: Berlin
Language: ger
Number of pages: 295
ISBN-13: 9783869226545; 9783869225029; 9783869226279
Subjects: Theaters; Conservation and restoration; Theater architecture; Opera; Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin; Staatsoper Unter den Linden
Other titles: Staatsoper im Schiller Theater von 2010 bis 2017 :; Staatsoper Unter den Linden von 2010 bis 2017 :
Description: The Berliner Staatsoper Unter den Linden has been extensively renovated over the last seven years. This was one of the most complex construction projects in Berlin in recent times, and its aim was to transform the city's oldest theatre - a venue that has hosted legendary opera performances - into "one of the most modern theatres in Europe, if not the world" (artistic director Jürgen Flimm). During the reconstruction project, planned by Berlin-based architecture firm HG Merz, the Staatsoper performed as a guest company at the Schiller Theater in Charlottenburg. The two-volume book 'Staatsoper Berlin 2010-2017' is being published on the opening day of the renovated Staatsoper on 3 October 2017. It documents the opera company's seven years at the Schiller Theater as well as the renovation of the Staatsoper building. The first volume, 'Die Staatsoper im Schiller Theater', tells the story of the Berliner Staatsoper at the Schiller Theater from 2010 to 2017. The opera company premiered over 100 new works of musical theatre, performed over 550 concerts, and hosted around 2,500 events during this time. The repertoire during the seven years included works from the Baroque period through to world premieres as well as classical, romantic, and contemporary pieces. The theatre itself was a "first-class temporary venue" (Daniel Barenboim) - an inspiring space that facilitated a productive time for the artists, combining the charm of the 1950s with the spirit of the present day. The images and texts illuminate the last seven years of the Staatsoper's history, bringing the period at the Schiller Theatre to life. The second volume, 'Die Staatsoper Unter den Linden', documents the renovation and restoration of the theatre, originally built in the Prussian neoclassical style in 1742. This building is of enormous cultural and historical significance, and the recent restoration has been the most extensive one to date.
Notes: Title from slipcase "spine".

Includes index (volume 1).

Volume 1: German, with some text in German and English; volume 2: parallel texts in German and English.
Table of contents: title: [volume 1] "Und abermals verstrichen sind sieben Jahr!" : die Staatsoper im Schiller Theater von 2010 bis 2017 : eine Dokumentation / herausgegeben von Jürgen Flimm und Detlef Giese; title: [volume 2] "Ganz grosse Oper eben!" : die Staatsoper Unter den Linden von 2010 bis 2017 : eine Dokumentation / herausgegeben von der Senatsverwaltung für Stadtentwicklung und Wohnen, Regula Lüscher ; Texte von Daniela Pogade ; Fotografien von Alexander Schippel und Christian von Steffelin.