Sven-Eric Bechtolf

Rose (2026)

In the turmoil of the Thirty-Years' War, a mysterious soldier appears in a secluded Protestant village claiming to be heir to a long-abandoned manor. His quest for recognition and acceptance are complicated by his secret: under a false identity, false name ...

In a Land That No Longer Exists (2022)

It's 1989 in East Berlin: Suzie is kicked out of school shortly before she graduates from high school and has to defend herself as a worker in the cable factory. However, a randomly taken photo leads her to the fashion world of the GDR. The editor-in-chief ...

The Weight of Steel Title (2020)

Who knows Berthold Beitz? Fewer and fewer people. He shaped the history of Germany like no other, be it as the leading industrial manager of Krupp or as the rescuer of numerous Jews during National Socialism. ...

Schumann - Scenes from Goethe's Faust (2017)

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. ...

Richard Strauss - Ariadne Auf Naxos (2014)

Was ihr wollt (2011)

Don Carlos, Infant von Spanien (2005)

Emilia Galotti (2003)

Dreimal Leben (2001)

Die Wüstenrose (2000)

Angst hat eine kalte Hand (1996)

Nurse Hedi Zoll is overwhelmed and kidnapped in the parking lot of her clinic. After a week, she reports to the police intact, but she can't remember anything. Crime officer Kim Ossawald is the only one who believes the nurse. The track leads them to the t ...

Die Katze von Kensington (1996)

Whenever a criminal is killed in London, a black Jaguar is nearby, with a white cat always sitting in the passenger seat. Inspector Higgins and Inspector Lane find a joker card on all the victims. Their investigation leads them to a diamond smuggling ring. ...

Ich bin unschuldig - Ärztin im Zwielicht (1995)

Die Wildente (1994)

Falstaff - MMF (2023)

The lecherous Falstaff, with his infamous roving eye, finally meets his match when his underhand plans to solve money troubles have the three merry wives of Windsor conspiring to teach him a lesson. Sir John Eliot Gardiner conducts a fine ensemble cast di ...

Das Rheingold - Wiener Staatsoper (2016)

Wagner's Ring of the Nibelungen is regarded as one of the most important milestones in the history of music. In the first part, the Rheingold, it begins with the chain of fateful entanglements that ultimately attracts the downfall of the race of the gods. ...

Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro (Salzburg Festival) (2015)

The Salzburg Festival presents one of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's masterpieces: the opera Le Nozze di Figaro, in a new production staged by Sven-Eric Bechtolf and conducted by Dan Ettinger. Set-List: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492. ...

Don Giovanni (2015)

Director Sven-Eric Bechtolf pulls off a brilliant coup with the high aesthetics of his intrigue, a masterful parody of the "everything is possible" of our time - flanked by an ensemble of exquisite vocal talents. ...

La Cenerentola (2014)

"This is Vienna State Opera live at home". December 2014. ...

Richard Strauss - Ariadne Auf Naxos (2014)

Così fan tutte - Salzburg Festival (2013)

Falstaff (Zurich) (2012)

Features a great cast: Ambrogio Maestri is one of the finest Falstaffs of our time. The Italian baritone brings a powerful, versatile voice to his role, but also brings his character a hilarious buffo quality. Daniele Gatti, one of the most acclaimed opera ...

Cosi fan tutte (2010)

W.A. Mozart, Don Giovanni. Opernhaus Zürich (2007)

Berg: Lulu (2004)

Since its premiere on 2 June 1937 in Zurich, Alban Berg's second opera "Lulu" has the reputation of being surrounded by scandals. On the one hand, this is due to the dubious character of the subject, the man-eating femme fatale, which Berg had taken from F ...