Overview

• The festival returned after a two-year renovation that modernized utilities and repaved the historic Gendarmenmarkt
• The Konzerthausorchester Berlin delivered an evening of Glinka, Wagner, Verdi and Rossini before showcasing Mendelssohn’s Ein Sommernachtstraum
• A brief 15-minute rain interruption gave way to a fireworks finale illuminating the German and French domes
• Audiences can look forward to jazz performances by Gregory Porter on Sunday and pop crossover acts throughout the weekend
• Opera stars Anna Netrebko and Yusif Eyvazov will close the event Monday with a gala under the open sky