Franz Schreker’s Der Schatzgräber premiered in Frankfurt in 1920. It was his last and most successful opera but it disappeared from the repertory under the Nazis and performances have been rare since WW2. Christof Loy directed it for Deutsche Oper Berlin in a new production in 2022, marking the 100th anniversary of the first performance in Berlin. It was also a continuation of Loy’s project of bringing less well known opera with “strong female characters” to DOB, following his production of Korngold’s Das Wunder der Heliane and Zandonai’s Francesca di Rimini.
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