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Only two years after its foundation, the then manager of the Deutsche Oper Berlin, Heinz Tietjen, brought the choir into his house and engaged it for the performance of the opera Tannhäuser by Richard Wagner.

This was the prelude to more than 3100 opera performances in over 50 different productions in several languages, including, from 1954, the Bayreuth Festival, whose artistic organisation office Gerhard Hellwig headed from 1959.

In 1958, the choir sang the first song of the Deutsche Fernsehlotterie [de], Kleine Leute, große Reise.

The versatile choir, which among other things recorded an LP with Manuela with songs from fairy tale land, was featured in numerous television events.

[1] In addition to its many performances and engagements, the choir has also undertaken over 300 concert tours, taking it to many countries in Europe and overseas, including the Montreal Expo 67 in 1967.