German National Opera

…the long-established Deutsche Staatsoper (German National Opera). East Berlin’s Comic Opera also gained fame. Classical music in general finds a distinguished home in Berlin. Foremost among many notable musical ensembles is the world-famous Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, founded in 1882; it reached new heights in the second half of the…

…music director of the Berlin State Opera in 1992. In Jerusalem in 2001 Barenboim sparked controversy by conducting the Prelude to the opera Tristan und Isolde by Richard Wagner; Wagner’s music had been unofficially banned in Israel because of his anti-Semitic beliefs and the fact that he was Adolf Hitler’s…