Massenet’s Cendrillon: Dinner & Music at Komische Oper Berlin

Event Theme

Massenet’s Cendrillon: Dinner & Music at Komische Oper Berlin

Event Venue

Komische Oper Berlin, Berlin

Event Dates

November 02/16/30 & December 07/19/28, 2018

About the Event

Relive the fairytale as the enfant terrible of opera, Damiano Michieletto presents his vision of the classic story at Berlin’s Komische Oper. Re-envisaging Cinderella as a luckless ballerina, this realistic/ironic take on the story finds new angles in Massenet’s operatic version of the beloved children’s story.

Round off your evening with an exclusive dinner and savor the many tastes of popular national dishes in Germany’s capital. The restaurant Gendarmerie (Behrenstraße 42, 10117 Berlin) is situated within a short walking distance of the concert venue and will spoil you with the best of German cuisine in Berlin.

Menu:

Starters (choice of):

Shrimps with aioli

Lamb’s lettuce with Jerusalem artichokes, Ibérico ham and figs

Caesar salad with prawns

Clear tomato soup with leek, pancetta and pine nuts

Main Courses (choice of):

Pan-fried escalope (schnitzel) with potato salad and cranberries

Calf’s liver in Calvados gravy with apples, onions, bacon and mashed potatoes

Traditional meatballs in a cream of champagne with small red beets, mashed potatoes and crispy capers

Salmon steak with seasonal grilled vegetables and Béarnaise sauce

Home made Desserts (choice of):

Crème brûlée from bourbon vanilla

Strawberry bowl with vanilla ice cream and espuma

Fine French cheese platter

drinks are not included in the price

Schedule

Your e-ticket indicates the starting time of the concert.

If you wish to book/have booked a concert that starts at 19:30, then dinner time will be/is at 17:30.

If you wish to book/have booked a concert that starts at 20:00, then dinner time will be/is at 18:00.

Please make sure to arrive at restaurant Gendarmerie on time.

Cast / Production

Conductor Ainārs Rubiķis

Staging Damiano Michieletto

Choreograohy Sabine Franz

CENDRILLON (ASCHENPUTTEL) Nadja Mchantaf

MADAME DE L A HALTIÈRE Doris Lamprecht

LE PRINCE CHARMANT Karolina Gumos

L A FÉE Nora Friedrichs

NOÉMIE Mirka Wagner

PANDOLFE Werner van Mechelen

LE ROI Carsten Sabrowski

LE DOYEN DE L A FACULTÉ Christoph Späth

LE SURINTENDANT DES PLAISIERS Samuli Taskinen

LE PREMIER MINISTRE Philipp Meierhöfer

Chorsolisten der Komischen Oper Berlin