The week-long Komische Oper Festival in July is an opportunity to see all of the 2009/10 seasons’ premieres. Rigoletto (July 13, 20:00), in particular, is worth a look. As is this month’s new production of La Périchole (photo; July 18, 20:00 ) – beginning with singers dressed up in sausage wrappers, it only gets more surreal, developing into a gameshow-cum-cabaret-cum musical theatre piece that’s sure to make Offenbach turn in his grave. Still, the standard of singing is extremely high, and the Komische Oper is giving opera just what it needs – a boot up the arse.
KOMISCHE OPER FESTIVAL | July 13-18. For a full schedule, visit www.komische-oper-berlin.de
July 13, 2010 8:56 AM
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