Barenboim resurrects Berlin's grand dame with Goethe's soul-selling chaos.
The Berlin State Opera is back at its place of origin: Unter den Linden! After extensive renovations, it was reopened with Schumann's scenes from Goethe's Faust under the direction of Daniel Barenboim. Staged by Jürgen Flimm and with the stage design by the renowned German artist Markus Lüpertz
Direction
Flimm balances intimate drama with Lüpertz's painterly spectacle.
Score
Barenboim conducts Schumann's neglected epic with revelatory urgency.
Production
Lüpertz's canvases explode across the restored Staatsoper.
Director
Jürgen Flimm
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This 2017 reopening marked the Staatsoper's return to Unter den Linden after a seven-year renovation that cost nearly €400 million and became a symbol of Berlin's cultural ambition.
Schumann never completed 'Faust' — he died in an asylum. Barenboim's interpretation argues the fragmentation IS the point: a mind unraveling in real-time.
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