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Entertainment (being renovated until 2018) and
the Komische Oper are in the
With so much on offer in Germany, it is possible to indulge eastern part of city, while the
just about any taste, whether you are looking for avant- Deutsche Oper Berlin is in the
garde theater and performance art, atmospheric clubs, west. The three opera houses
or prestigious music festivals. Outside Berlin, the larger have ballet programs built into
their repertoires, and these are
cosmopolitan cities, such as Munich and Frankfurt, also performed largely by resident
offer a wide range of entertainment, from classical drama dance companies.
to eclectic nightclubs, from grand opera to discos. Munich has two opera houses
and several distinguished
resident orchestras. A visit to the
Entertainment Listings up to as little as an hour before Bayerische Staatsoper is a must
Tourist information centers offer a show. These tickets are usually if you appreciate grand opera and
basic information in every city sold at a 50 per cent discount. ballet. The Gasteig is a modern
and town, but the most Students, senior citizens, and complex offering a range of
comprehensive guides are in the disabled are entitled to a classical concerts, large and small.
the local press and listings 50 per cent discount on tickets, Munich’s Prinzregententheater
magazines. In Berlin, there are for which they must present is the main venue for ballet and
Tip and Zitty, which are proof of their status. other musical performances.
published every other Frankfurt has a wide choice of
Wednesday. The daily Berliner Theater musical events. At the Alte Oper,
Morgenpost publishes its there are three halls for orchestral
supplement bm Live on Fridays, As you would expect in the land and vocal performances, while
while Ticket comes out on of Goethe and Schiller, theatrical the Jahrhunderthalle also offers
Wednesdays, together with traditions are very strong in classical recitals and concerts.
Tagesspiegel. Germany. Almost every large
Useful listing magazines in town has a good local theater. Jazz, Rock, and Pop
Munich are In München and Berlin’s most famous theater
Münchener Stadtmagazin. There is the magnificent Berliner Berlin is always a popular
is also a monthly review in Ensemble, which was once destination for world-famous
English called Munich Found, managed by Bertold Brecht. musicians, whose concerts are
available from the Tourist Office. The Deutsches Theater offers often held in the Waldbühne.
You can get a monthly jazz an ambitious program, while Numerous music clubs offer daily
magazine called Münchener the Volksbühne stages works opportunities to hear good music.
Jazz- Zeitung in music shops by young playwrights. Favorite venues are Quasimodo in
and at jazz cafés and clubs. Munich has many theaters, with the western part of the city center,
In Frankfurt, a magazine most of the productions in Schlot in Mitte and Junction Bar
detailing events called Prinz is German. A venerable venue in Kreuzberg. Good traditional jazz
on sale from news kiosks. There is the Cuvilliéstheater in the can be heard at Berlin’s annual
are also free publications such Residenz (see pp520–21), while Jazzfest in the first week of
as Fritz, while the Frankfurter the Deutsches Theater offers November. Pop-Kultur, the
Woche is available from the some foreign plays. The successor of Berlin Music Week,
tourist office for a small sum. Kammerspiele is dedicated is a rock and pop festival that takes
to contemporary works. place at venues in and around
Frankfurt has a theater that Berghain Bar at the end of August.
Booking Tickets offers productions in English, In Munich in the late evening,
Theater and concert tickets can aptly called the English Theatre. you could drop into a small, hip
usually be booked up to two You will find a range of old club like Atomic Café or go to
weeks in advance, and you and new plays put on at the hear blues, rock, or jazz at
can buy directly at the box city’s main theater, the Feierwerk. Dixieland jazz is
office or by telephone. Reserved Schauspiel Frankfurt. played at the Alabamahalle
tickets must be picked up and and traditional jazz at Jazzclub
paid for at least half an hour Classical Music and Unterfahrt. There are often
before the performance. For free rock concerts in Munich
many performances in Berlin, Dance in summer at the Theatron in
you can also pre-book tickets Berlin has one of the finest Olympiapark. Frankfurt has an
at Ticket Online. orchestras in the world – the enthusiastic jazz scene which is
One Berlin agency that Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, centered around Jazzgasse (Jazz
specializes in last-minute whose home, the Philhar monie, Alley) or Kleine Bockenheimer
ticket purchase is Hekticket is also one of the world’s most Straße. Here, you will find the
Theaterkassen on beautiful concert halls. The city city’s top jazz venue, Jazzkeller,
Hardenbergstraße, where you boasts three opera houses: the in a cellar. If you like to listen to
can get tickets on the day, even Staatsoper Unter den Linden different kinds of live music such

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