Ariadne auf Naxos Berlin

Ariadne auf Naxos at Berlin State Opera Tickets

Enjoy the brilliance of Ariadne auf Naxos, Richard Strauss' dazzling opera that plays with the collision of high tragedy and light comedy, live at the Berlin State Opera. With a libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal, the work is one of 20th-century opera's most inventive meditations on love, art, and the power of performance itself.

In the Prologue, a young composer's new opera is hijacked by a wealthy patron who demands it be performed simultaneously with a comedic burlesque troupe led by Zerbinetta. The resulting opera-within-an-opera juxtaposes abandoned Ariadne's longing for death against Zerbinetta's playful philosophy of new loves — a dazzling dialogue of voices, wit, and emotion.

Director Hans Neuenfels's iconic production features Camilla Nylund as Ariadne and Serena Sáenz as Zerbinetta, with the Staatskapelle Berlin under conductor Tim Fluch. The result is a night of opera at its most theatrically alive.

Detailed information:

• Opera: Ariadne auf Naxos
• Composer: Richard Strauss
• Librettist: Hugo von Hofmannsthal
• Venue: Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin
• City: Berlin, Germany
• Dates: 8, 17, 22 and 25 April 2027
• Time: 19:30 (25 April: 18:00)
• Duration: Approx. 2h 30m incl. one interval
• Genre: Opera (Prologue and one act)
• Language: German with surtitles
• Director: Hans Neuenfels
• Conductor: Tim Fluch
• Orchestra: Staatskapelle Berlin

Book your tickets now for one of the most brilliant nights of opera Berlin has to offer.

Cast and conductor as published by the Staatsoper Unter den Linden for the April 2027 performances, checked on 10 October 2026. Casting can change: the theatre’s page for each date is the reference.