Berlin State Opera
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The Staatsoper Unter den Linden, also known as the Berlin State Opera, is a listed building on Unter den Linden boulevard in the historic center of Berlin, Germany. Initially called the Königliche Ope
Berlin Staatsoper Unter den Linden
The Court Opera, c. 1745
Interior, rebuilt after the fire in 1843
10 April 1941, the morning after the bombing that destroyed the opera house
Daniel Barenboim
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Daniel Moses Barenboim is an Argentinian-born classical pianist and conductor with Spanish, Israeli and Palestinian citizenship. From 1992 until January 2023, Barenboim was the general music director
Berlin State Opera
…Barockorchester on period instruments. In the 1990s, the opera was officially renamed Staatsoper Unter den Linden. In 1992, the Argentine-Israeli conductor Daniel Barenboim was appointed Generalmusikdirektor (GMD). In 2000, the orchestra, according to its official website, elected Barenboim "conductor for life." During the…
Barenboim receiving the 2019 Konrad Adenauer Prize from the City of Cologne
Daniel Barenboim, age 11, with composer Eithan Lustig and the Gadna Youth orchestra (1953)
Wedding of Jacqueline du Pré and Barenboim in Jerusalem, 1967. Beno Rothenberg, Meitar collection, National Library of Israel
U.S. concert performance at age 15 (January 1958)