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GUIDED TOUR OF FRIDA KAHLO EXHIBITION – JUNE 22ND AND 23RD, 2010At the end of the season the association offered its members the opportunity to take one of three guided tours of the Martin-Gropius-Bau´s great retrospective of the oeuvre of famous Mexican artist Frida Kahlo (1907-1954) that has been taking place on the occasion of the read |
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Trip to Frankfurt/main: Recital Anna Prohaska - June 10th to 12thOn the occasion of the charity recital in the benefit of the Staatsoper Unter den Linden on June 10th we cooperated with the management consultancy A.T. Kearney Frankfurt for the 3rd time already. In the gorgeous Holzhausenschlösschen which is situated right in the middle of a small lake 150 selected guests were read |
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Gala concert of Carl-Philipp-Emanuel-Bach-Gymnasium award winners – May 17th 2010On the evening of May 17th the prize winner concert of the music contest 2010 of the Carl-Philipp-Emanuel-Bach-Gymnasium took place in the Apollo-Saal of the Staatsoper. Luckily the Friends and Sponsors were provided with 30 free tickets which they could pass on to their members. read |
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Long Night of Operas and TheatresThe “Long night of operas and theatres” that took place for the first time last year went into its second round on April 6th 2010. read |
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WELCOME EVENING FOR NEW MEMBERS: ATTENDANCE OF THE OPERA »CARMEN« – MARCH 22NDOn March 22nd our new members had the opportunity to get to know each other and to learn particulars about the association´s work and the opera within the scope of an opera performance. For this purpose a reception took place in the intermission of an outstanding and sold out performance of Bizet´s »Carmen« in the otherwise not... read |
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CONCERT DANIEL BARENBOIM: COOPERATION WITH CONCERT AGENCY HANS ADLER – MARCH 7THFor Daniel Barenboim´s piano recital on March 7th in the Berlin Philharmonie, the association was provided with a special ticket contingent at a reduced special price by the concert agency Hans Adler. Therefore 30 of our members could witness the musical director and his impressive Chopin programme. At this point cordial thanks... read |
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JOURNEY TO DRESDEN – CONCERT WITH DANIEL BARENBOIM – FEBRUARY 2010On the occasion of the festivities »25 years rebuilding Semperoper« the Friends and Sponsors - in cooperation with the travel agency Discovery - offered their members the opportunity to follow Daniel Barenboim to Dresden where the musical director of the Staatsoper gave a special concert on February 25th. The journey´s participants... read |
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GUIDED TOUR OF THE ART BUNKER ON FEBRUARY 16TH AND 17THAs reaction to the great demand in the last year we once more offered our members the opportunity to take part in guided tours of the bunker of the art collector Christian Boros on February 16th and 17th. The latter had rebuild the Berlin Reichsbahn-Bunker as his private museum, whereby he created a unique and fascinating exhibition... read |
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ASSOCIATION´S JOURNEY PARIS IN FEBRUARY 2010On the occasion of the tour of maestro Daniel Barenboim and the Staatskapelle, our annual members´ journey of the season 2009/2010 lead us to Paris from February 4th to 7th 2010. On two of the evenings the 28-man tour group enjoyed Schönberg´s orchestra works and Beethoven´s piano concerts in the Salle Pleyel read |
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CRITICS UNDER-FIRE: FREDERIK HANSSEN AND ULRICH AMLING (TAGESSPIEGEL) ON JANUARY 26THWith the event on January 26th in the premises of the Deutsche Bank Unter den Linden the Friends and Sponsors started their new series »Critics under-fire«. The opening event hosted the Tagesspiegel editors Frederick Hanssen and Ulrich Amling. After a short introduction of both journalists by the executive director of the Friends... read |
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JANUARY 12TH – GUIDED TOUR OF THE NEW MUSEUM II – ALREADY BOOKED OUT!Because of the great demand in December last year, in January we once more offered our members the opportunity to participate in a 90minute guided tour of the different collections of the reopened New Museum and to learn interesting details about read |
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GUIDED TOUR OF THE NEW MUSEUMOn December 10th we offered our members the opportunity to get to know the newly inaugurated New Museum on the Museumsinsel during a 90 minute guided tour. The Museum has only been read |
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CINEMA LIVE BROADCAST FROM THE SCALAIn cooperation with Arte the Friends and Sponsors invited to a live broadcast of George Bizet´s »Carmen« from the Scala Milano into the CineStar Original in the Sonycenter on December 7th 2009. The production of Emma Dante was at the same time the festive inaugural performance of the new »stagione« at the Milan opera house.... read |
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Guided Tour of the decoration WorkshopOn November 24th our members had the opportunity to watch the hidden work of the about 300 employees of the costume and decoration workshops and the stage service. These »Invisibles« who carry out important preparatory work so that a staging can be performed at all, often remain unnoticed but contribute fundamentals to the art... read |
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Topping out ceremony - November 13th, 2009On November 13th the Friends and Sponsors of the Staatsoper had the unique opportunity to explore the »new« domicile of the Staatsoper from the season 2010/2011 on – the Schiller theatre – together with the employees and the artists of the Staatsoper. The head dramaturg of the Staatsoper Francis Hüsers informed about the history... read |
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Charity concert and dinner 2009This year´s charity event of the Friends and Sponsors of the Staatsoper took place on November 4th. The evening´s guests of honour were Plácido Domingo and Daniel Barenboim. During a pre-reception in the south foyer of the Philharmonie the guests could get in the right mood for the evening whilst drinking champagne and eating... read |
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Open Sunday in the KulturKaufhaus Dussmann – October 18th, 2009This year as well the KulturKaufhaus Dussmann arranged an open Sunday to the benefit of the Staatsoper that took place on October 18th 2009. In addition to the possibility to rummage in the extensive assortment of the KulturKaufhaus, visitors had been able to enjoy a musical programme throughout the whole day that was performed by... read |
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Lindenball- October 17th, 2009As in the previous year the exquisite and traditional Lindenball took place as a cooperation event of the German History Museum, the hotel Adlon and the Friends and Sponsors of the Staatsoper. Once more the hotel Adlon formed the festive frame of the event on Saturday, October 17th, 2009. A gala dinner with subsequent dance until... read |
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Press conference with Plácido Domingo on October 16, 2009In cooperation with the press department of the Staatsoper the Friends and Sponsors provided their donors, patrons and legal entities with 10 places for the non-public press conference with Plácido Domingo on October 16 which was also attended by Daniel Barenboim, Anja Harteros and Federico Tiezi. The event was highly informative... read |
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Welcome Evening on September 28th, 2009On September 28th our new members had the opportunity to get to know the association and other new members and to listen to background reports concerning the association´s work and the opera in the course of a welcome evening. For this purpose the new members met for a little reception in the Meyerbeer salon during the break of... read |
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ZwischenTöne – backstage Interview with Anna ProhaskaAfter a great performance of »Entführung aus dem Serail« on September 19th, the Friends and Sponsors had the opportunity to get to know the young soprano Anna Prohaska more closly over a glass of wine. The only 26year old very talented singer turned out to be a great and lively dialogue partner who answered the numerous questions... read |
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»Bilderträume« in the New National GalleryOn September 16th and 17th we offered our members guided tours of the unique exhibition »Bilderträume« in the New National Gallery. The visitors could see the private collection of the couple Ulla and Heinrich Pietzsch, consisting of over 180 works, its focus being the fascinating art of the surrealism. While looking at the impressive... read |
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Staatsoper for everyoneOn the weekend of 29th and 30th August 2009 the traditional season´s opening under the motto »Staatsoper for everyone« took place on the Bebelplatz. It was the prelude to the last season in the Staatsoper building before the move to the Schiller Theater. On Saturday Wagner´s »Tristan und Isolde« was broadcasted live from the... read |
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Charity concert in Frankfurt am Main – June 18th 2009In cooperation with the management consultancy A.T. Kearney the Friends and Sponsors invited to a charity concert for the benefit of the Staatsoper restoration on June 18th 2009 in the Städel museum Frankfurt am Main. Among guests of the Friends and Sponsors and A.T. Kearney interested parties from all over Germany followed the... read |
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Presentation of the new Season – April 24th 2009-07-01As every year and this time too, the Friends and Sponsors of the Staatsoper had the exclusive opportunity to get to know the programme of the new season 2009/2010 before everyone else. Therefore on April 24th 2009, the day of the official press conference, a presentation of the new programme read |
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Opera weekend for young opera friends - February 17th to March 1st 2009At the end of February 2009 the Apollos – the young friends of the Staatsoper – once more invited other opera interested people to the meanwhile 6th international opera weekend in Berlin. Ten young ladies and gentlemen from Germany, Belgium, France and Switzerland followed this invitation. Highlight of the weekend was the »Faust«... read |
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Guided tour of the costume departmentOn March 6th 2009 we offered our members the opportunity to look behind the scenes of the costume department. Within the guided tour the participants could get an extensive picture of the costume department read |
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Backstage interviews on the new production FaustOn the occasion of the new production of Gounod’s FAUST on February 19th 2009, the Friends and Sponsors of the Staatsoper invited to their event series »ZwischenTöne – backstage interviews«. read |
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Member survey 2008However the survey also shows that the members´ information about the services and advantages of the individual membership degrees is insufficient. read |
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Paul Klee in the NationalgalerieThe opening for the activities of the friends and sponsors in 2009 was an exclusive guided tour through the »Universum Klee«, an exhibition about Paul Klee in the Nationalgalerie. Within the exhibition series »The cult of the Artist« of the National Museums Berlin, the eclectic and fascinating universe of the individualist Klee... read |
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View behind the scenesDiscover the Opera House from another point of view, take a look behind the scenes and face hidden nooks and corners that you can not see as beholder. read |
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Membership drawn45.000 people joined STAATSOPER FÜR ALLE on the Beblplatz. The friends and sponsors have also been there, informing guests about the association and handing out small buttons as give-away. Highlight was a quiz. The winner won a membership as »friend« for the association of friends and sponsors. We congratulate read |
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Bunker artIn September we gave our members of friends and sponsors the exclusive opportunity to visit the collection of Christian Boros in his bunker in Berlin-Mitte. The bunker tells a history of clashes. In World War II inhabitants of Berlin found shelter, in times of the GDR the bunker was a storehouse for bananas, during the 90s the youth... read |
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