Overview

• Cottbus opens with a Festakt followed by a free open‑air program in Park Branitz featuring singers, the opera chorus and the Philharmonic Orchestra.
• Season highlights previewed in Cottbus include Purcell’s The Fairy Queen, Janáček’s Das schlaue Füchslein and Prokofiev’s Cinderella ballet music.
• Frankfurt (Oder)’s Kleist‑Forum announces a broad mix from opera to poetry slam, including Die Fledermaus with Boris Aljinovic and Phädras Ehre with Sophie Rois, and plans a large opening festival.
• Neue Bühne Senftenberg stages seven evenings in the listed Niederlausitzhalle before renovation, led by the festplay Aktivist with acting, sport choreography, music and a giant puppet.
• Potsdam’s Hans Otto Theater begins with the premiere Also träumen wir mit hellwacher Vernunft on Christa Wolf and adds staples like Kleist’s Der zerbrochene Krug and Dürrenmatt’s Die Physiker, as Bavarian houses likewise roll out September starts and year‑end premieres.