Schaubühne Berlin: “Le Misanthrope” by Moliere (starting Sept. 19), Shakespeare’s “Othello” (starting Oct. 9), “Perplex” (starting Nov. 20) and “Von morgens bis Mitternachts” (starting Dec. 9), as well as “Eine Inszenierung von Egill Heidar” (premiere December), “The Lower Depths” by Maxim Gorky (premiere January), “Antigone” by Sophocles (premiere February). The Schaubühne starting October Tennessee Williams’ “Streetcar Named Desire”.

Maxim Gorki Theater: Günter Grass “Die Blechtrommel” (starting Sept. 26), Alfred Döblin “Amazonas” (starting Oct. 1), Heinrich von Kleist “Penthesilea” (starting Oct. 20), Eugene O’Neill “A Moon for the Misbegotten” (starting Oct. 30), “Iliad” by Homer (starting November), “Grapes of Wrath” by John Steinbeck (starting Dec. 18), “Nora” by Henrik Ibsen (in January), “Madame Bovary” by Gustave Flaubert (in February).

It’s hard to find a stronger contrast than at the Theater des Westens: starting September, the nights of musicals and shows have their run, including “We will rock you in Berlin” (September to February).

Exciting performances by the Staatsoper Unter den Linden currently at the Schiller-Theater: Premieres: “Metanoia” (world premiere Oct. 3), Peter Maxwell Davies “Miss Donithorne’s Magget” (starting Oct. 4), a Tango Concert (Oct. 9) and Preussens Hofmusik (Oct. 10), Richard Wagner’s “Das Rheingold” (Oct. 17), “Puss in Boots” (starting Nov. 19), “The Rake’s Progress” by Igor Stravinsky (starting Dec. 10), Mozart’s “Zauberflöte” (starting Dec. 1) and “Cosi fan tutte” (December, January and March), “Exercices to Silence” by Brice Pauset (starting Jan. 15), Johann Strauß “Die Fledermaus” (January), Tommasso Traetta “Antigona” (starting Jan. 30), Baroque Concert (Feb. 6), Gaetano Donizetti “L’elisir d’amore” (starting Feb. 13) and “Do you know how to clean sounds?” by Erik Satie (starting Mar. 25). Ballet program: “La Peri” directed by Vladimir Malakhov (starting Nov.1), “Caravaggio” (starting Nov. 28).

Premieres at the Deutsche Oper: Mozart “Don Giovanni” (starting Oct. 16), Hector Berlioz “Les Troyens” (starting Dec. 5), Richard Strauss “Die Liebe der Danae” (starting Jan. 23) and Richard Wagner “Tristan und Isolde” (starting Mar. 13). The

Komische Oper offers an exciting program: Richard Wagner “Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg”, (starting Sept. 26), Valtinoni “The Snow Queen” (starting Oct. 24), Ralph Benatzky “Im weißen Rössl” (starting Nov. 28), Antonin Dvorak “Rusalka” (starting Feb. 20).

The Philharmonie will host an array of stars: Emmanuel Pahud (Sept. 17), Hille Perl (Oct. 6), Vadim Repin (Oct. 7- 9), Baiba Skride (Oct. 14-16), Ivo Pogorelich (Nov. 17), Rafal Blechacz (Nov. 30), Christian Thielemann with the Vienna Philharmonic (Dec.1, 2, 4), Mitsuko Ushida (Oct. 17 and Dec. 8), Arcadi Volodos (Dec. 15-18), Elina Garanca (Dec. 29-31), Yo Yo Ma (Jan. 12-15), Anne Sophie Mutter (Jan. 19-21 and 24-27), King’s Singers (Feb. 4), Alfred Brendel (Feb. 8), Christine Schäfer (Feb.16-21). Leiv Ove Andsnes is this year’s “pianist in residence” (concerts on Sept. 21, Mar. 16-18).

Additionally, regular concerts with the Berlin Philharmonic headed by Sir Simon Rattle.