Editing Berlin State Opera (section)

===Postwar years===
[[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-11116-0001, Berlin, Deutsche Staatsoper, Außenansicht.jpg|thumb|Damaged opera house, 1951 condition]]

The second rebuilding took a long time. From 1945, the opera company performed at the [[Admiralspalast]]. From 1949, the company served as the state opera of [[East Germany]]. It moved back to its original home after the rebuilding in freely adapted baroque forms was finally completed in 1955. The newly rebuilt opera house was opened, again, with Wagner's ''Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg''. After the [[Berlin Wall]] was built in 1961, the Opera was somewhat isolated, but still maintained a comprehensive repertoire that featured the classic and romantic period together with contemporary ballet and operas.

After reunification, the Linden Opera rejoined the operatic world. Important works that had already performed in the past were rediscovered and discussed anew within the framework of a "Berlin Dramaturgy". Baroque Opera in particular was at the center of attention, with Graun's ''Cleopatra e Cesare'', Keiser's ''[[Croesus (opera)|Croesus]]'', [[Florian Leopold Gassmann]]'s ''L'opera seria'' and Scarlatti's ''[[Griselda (A. Scarlatti)|Griselda]]''. These works were performed by Belgian conductor [[René Jacobs]] together with the [[Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin]] and the [[Freiburger Barockorchester]] on [[Historically informed performance|period instruments]]. In the 1990s, the opera was officially renamed ''Staatsoper Unter den Linden''.

In 1992, the [[Argentina|Argentine]]-Israeli conductor [[Daniel Barenboim]] was appointed ''Generalmusikdirektor'' (GMD). In 2000, the orchestra, according to its official website, elected Barenboim "conductor for life." During the 2002 ''Festtage'', he led a Wagner cycle in ten parts, a production created in collaboration with director [[Harry Kupfer]].  

In 2009, the Berlin State Opera was closed for renovation work led by German architect [[HG Merz]]. The roof of the opera building was raised and the [[proscenium]] prolonged to improve the acoustics. The capacity is now 1,350.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Lautenbach |first1=Margriet |last2=Vercammen |first2=Martijn |title=Staatsoper Unter Den Linden Berlin |journal=Proceedings of the Institute of Acoustics |date=2018 |volume=40 |page=64 |url=https://www.peutzgroup.com/sites/peutzgroup.com/files/publicaties/p8.pdf |access-date=24 March 2025}}</ref> Other renovation and extension efforts included the director's building, the below-ground connection building and the depot building. The latter houses the new rehearsal center.  The house was reopened in 2017 with premieres of Humperdinck's ''[[Hänsel und Gretel (opera)|Hänsel und Gretel]]'' and Monteverdi's ''[[L'incoronazione di Poppea]]'' on one weekend.<ref name="BZ">{{cite news| last = Uehling| first = Peter| url = https://www.berliner-zeitung.de/kultur/musik/bewaehrungsprobe-fuer-die-staatsoper-zwei-premieren-an-einem-wochenende-29270538| title = Bewährungsprobe für die Staatsoper Zwei Premieren an einem Wochenende | newspaper = Berliner Zeitung| date = 10 December 2017| language = de| access-date = 23 December 2017}}</ref> The opera house also hosts the [[Staatskapelle Berlin]] orchestra.

On 6 January 2023, the company announced the resignation of Barenboim as its GMD, for health reasons.<ref>{{cite news | title=Daniel Barenboim, Titan of Conducting, Steps Down in Berlin | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/06/arts/music/daniel-barenboim-resignation-berlin.html | work=The New York Times | author=Alex Marshall | date=6 January 2023 | access-date=6 January 2023}}</ref>  In January 2023, [[Christian Thielemann]] stepped in as an emergency substitute conductor for Barenboim in a new company production of Richard Wagner's ''Der Ring des Nibelungen''.  In September 2023, the company announced the appointment of Thielemann as its next GMD, effective 1 September 2024.<ref>{{cite press release | url=https://www.staatsoper-berlin.de/de/staatsoper/news/christian-thielemann-wird-neuer-generalmusikdirektor-der-staatsoper-unter-den-linden.305/ | title=Christian Thielemann wird neuer Generalmusikdirektor der Staatsoper Unter den Linden | publisher=Staatsoper Unter den Linden | date=27 September 2023 | access-date=29 September 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | author= | title=Thielemann wird Nachfolger von Barenboim an Berliner Staatsoper | url=https://www.rbb24.de/kultur/beitrag/2023/09/berlin-staatsoper-unter-den-linden-barenboim-nachfolger-thielemann.html | work=Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg (rbb24) | date=27 September 2023 | access-date=28 September 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | author=Javier C. Hernández | title=Christian Thielemann to Succeed Daniel Barenboim at Berlin State Opera | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/27/arts/music/berlin-state-opera-christian-thielemann.html | work=The New York Times | date=27 September 2023 | access-date=29 September 2023}}</ref>

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Berlin Opera UdL asv2018-05.jpg|Exterior of the State Opera at evening [[blue hour]], 2018
Zuschauerraum Staatsoper 20171003.jpg|Auditorium of the State Opera on the day of reopening on 3 October 2017, after seven years of refurbishment
Berlin State Opera asv2021-11 img1.jpg|Auditorium, 2021
Berlin State Opera asv2021-11 img2.jpg|Apollo Hall, 2021
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