Incorporating archive footage of performances from the last 100 years, director Enrique Sanchez Lansch's documentary traces the history of Berlin's famous opera house. The film features contributions from Karan Armstrong, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, René Kollo and Christa Ludwig, amongst others.

Lorin Maazel conducts the orchestra of the Deutsche Oper Berlin, in this production of Cimarosa's opera recorded in 1967. The featured performers include Josef Greindl, Erika Köth, Lisa Otto and Patricia Johnson.