Mittwoch aus Licht - Deutsche Oper Berlin

Name: Mittwoch aus Licht - Deutsche Oper Berlin
Start: 2026-09-20T16:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-09-20T16:00:00+02:00
Location: Hauptbühne

took place · 20 Sep 2026

Hauptbühne, Berlin, Germany

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Mittwoch aus Licht - Deutsche Oper Berlin — Hauptbühne, Berlin

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About: Karlheinz Stockhausen

A founding figure of electronic and spatial music, Stockhausen left behind over 350 compositions - from the tape-spliced experiments of the 1950s to the monumental seven-opera LICHT cycle, whose final instalment, Mittwoch, receives its first-ever German-language scenic staging at the Deutsche Oper Berlin in September 2026.

350+

Compositions written over his lifetime

29h

Total duration of the LICHT opera cycle

International arts academies he was a member of

2001

Polar Music Prize (year awarded)

What's new

2026-09
Mittwoch aus Licht premieres as a staged production at the Deutsche Oper Berlin (19-27 September 2026), marking the first-ever scenic staging of this opera in the German-speaking world.
2026-09
Five performances of Mittwoch aus Licht are scheduled at the Deutsche Oper Berlin in September 2026, conducted by Maxime Pascal and directed by Susanne Kennedy.
2025-11
Montag aus Licht received its complete premiere at the Philharmonie de Paris on 29 November 2025, as part of the Festival d'Automne, staged by Silvia Costa.

Tour

Berlin

Tracks

Gesang der Jünglinge1955-56 electronic masterpiece, mixing a boy's voice with synthesized sounds; landmark of 20th-century music

Kontakte1958-60, for electronic sounds, piano and percussion; explores the boundary between electronic and instrumental timbre

Stimmung1968, for six vocalists; one of his most performed works, built entirely on overtones of a single chord

Gruppen1955-57, for three orchestras placed around the audience; a milestone of spatial composition

LICHT (Die sieben Tage der Woche)Seven-opera cycle composed 1977-2003; at 29 hours, the longest opera cycle in history

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