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https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/10/31/eternal-spring-emilie-mayer-in-autumnal-berlin/
Eternal Spring: Emilie Mayer in Autumnal Berlin - CounterPunch.org
Oct 31, 2025 - The 19th century developed industrial-aesthetic machinery to keep women who harbored public musical aspirations in their place—off the concert stage and
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L’Opera è Mobile: Rigoletto in Berlin - CounterPunch.org
Oct 3, 2025 - Opera thrives on competition as much as collaboration—on who can sing higher, louder, longer, more passionately; what production can seduce or scandalize
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https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/10/17/walls-of-shame-hall-of-fame-barenboim-in-berlin/
Walls of Shame, Hall of Fame: Barenboim in Berlin - CounterPunch.org
Oct 17, 2025 - The Berlin Wall was breached on the night of November 9th, 1989. The German Democratic Republic was done. East Berliners poured through the suddenly
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https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/02/20/in-a-dark-wood-with-don-giovanni-mozart-in-berlin/
In a Dark Wood with Don Giovanni: Mozart in Berlin - CounterPunch.org
Feb 22, 2026 - What to do with Don Giovanni? The title character—not to mention the universally recognized operatic masterpiece that bears his name—should, by rights,
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https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/04/17/nato-yes-eu-no-euro-turkish-music-in-berlin/
NATO Yes, EU No: Euro-Turkish Music in Berlin - CounterPunch.org
Apr 17, 2026 - The Pierre Boulez Saal in central Berlin, which opened in 2017, hosts concerts with music and ideas from the ancient to the modern. Designed by Frank
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