Young Opera - Deutsche Oper Berlin
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The Children's and Youth Programme
Kita and school, children, youth and family
You are welcome here - children, teenagers, babies, young adults and their companions. At "Junge Deutsche Oper", we want to give young people access to the world of musical theatre and open up a world in which there is something for everyone to discover.
Welcome
16 [2×], 17, 19, 23, 24 [2×], 25, 29, 30; Nov. 1, 5, 7, 8, 10, 14, 18, 21 [2×], 27, 30. Dec. 2024
immmermeeehr (8+)
What are children's worries? And how can children deal with and overcome their problems? The text for IMMMERMEEEHR (More and more), a musical theatre piece about how children deal with everyday stress, pressure to perform, domestic worries and memories of war and flight, was created together with children. The piece was also created for and with the children's choir of the Deutsche Oper Berlin.
Our next performances for children and youth
24, 25 January; 26, 27 March 2025
Expedition Tirili
We travel light, without an elaborate stage set, because we usually perform on location, in the day-care centres. Recently, we have also started performing in the foyer of the Deutsche Oper Berlin! Two musicians go on a musical theatre research trip with the children. Together they ask themselves: How are sounds created? What is music made of? Who or what is this mysterious TIRILI?
5, 11, 18, 23 December 2024
Children' s ballet - The Nutcracker (4+)
David Simic's choreography promises a marvellous way to get into the Christmas spirit. Pyotr I. Tchaikovsky's famous music is for many directly associated with the Christmas experience and transports us into a nostalgic world in which dancing snowflakes, a Christmas tree and the joy of a very special feeling are expressed in a dreamlike way. The children of the Kinder Ballett Kompanie Berlin will be dancing.
A jazz fairy tale - on 11 and 12 May 2025 in the Tischlerei
Magic Dragon Mo (4+)
This jazz fairy tale for children aged between 4 and 7 about the little dragon Mo shows the healing power of music in a playful way. It deals with questions about one's own vocation and the desire for belonging and a place in the world. A great magic dragon adventure in which Mo discovers his own abilities ... With Burkhard Ulrich, Christian Meyers, Kenneth Berkel, Igor Spallati, Rüdiger Ruppert
after Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - 22 [2x], 28 Nov; 31 Mar; 14, 15 Apr.
The Fairy Tale of the Magic Fute (5+)
Tamino falls in love with Pamina, whom he is only allowed to marry if they pass difficult tests. Through the "fair sound" of the Magic Flute, they both succeed in overcoming fire and water. Papageno and Papagena also find each other through the magic of music. And so that the opera in this version only lasts 70 minutes and is thus over half shorter than its big sister, a narrator summarises the events ... Conductor: Friedrich Praetorius; Director: Gerlinde Pelkowski; With Jörg Schörner, Alexandra Oomens / Lilit Davtyan, Hye-Young Moon, Chance Jonas-O'Toole / Kangyoon Shine Lee, Andrew Harris / Tobias Kehrer, Markus Brück, Sua Jo a. o.
Engelbert Humperdinck - 13, 20, 26 [2x], 28 December 2024
Hänsel und Gretel (8+)
The Grimm fairy tale is well-known, Humperdinck's score oscillates between children's song and late romantic, opulent Wagnerian sound. Andreas Homoki's lovingly child-friendly production of the Christmas opera classic has been in the theatre's repertoire for over 25 years and continues to inspire children, parents and grandparents for the world of musical theatre ... Conductor: Friedrich Praetorius; Director: Andreas Homoki; With Artur Garbas, Maria Motolygina, Karis Tucker / Katrin Wundsam, Meechot Marrero / Nina Solodovnikova, Burkhard Ulrich / Patrick Cook a. o.
Leoš Janáček - 19, 22, 23 December 2024; 4, 5 January 2025
The Cunning Little Vixen (10+)
This cheerful, melancholy work about a cunning vixen is not called a "Czech Midsummer Night's Dream" for nothing. The figures of the animal and human worlds are closely interwoven here to create an allegory about the cycle of life and death. In this late work, Janáček composed an impressionistic soundscape of subtly orchestrated short scenes and episodes, orchestral preludes and transformations, and Katharina Thalbach's detailed staging emphasises the enchanting character of this work ... Conductor: Marko Letonja; Director: Katharina Thalbach; With Joel Allison / Geon Kim, Jared Werlein, Meechot Marrero / Alexandra Oomens, Arianna Manganello / Martina Baroni and others.
from 10 years - 17 Nov; 15 Dec 2024; 3, 28 Jan; 9 Feb; 4 March; 4 April; 1, 16 May; 28 June; 12 July 2025
The Magic Flute (10+)
The unequal friends Tamino and Papageno move between the realms of the night and the temple of the sun in their search for love. Tamino is in search of Pamina and Papageno finds Papagena. A fairytale-like story in a world marked by contrasts. Colourful and pictorially strong staging by Günther Krämer.
New in our programme / A cooperation with the German Historical Museum
The Magic Flute – Immerse yourself in the world of the Enlightenment with all your senses
Children aged 10 and over and their families can look forward to an exciting two-part experience combining music, opera, education and history. At the German Historical Museum, they will playfully explore the world of 300 years ago and immerse themselves in the time when Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's famous opera THE MAGIC FLUTE was created. Images, symbols, people and events will transport them to the time that also inspired Mozart. An interactive tour combined with music theatre workshop elements will bring the characters and themes of the opera to life. The second part of the programme, THE MAGIC FLUTE, will take place live at the Deutsche Oper Berlin – an unforgettable finale for the whole family. The first performances will be on 14 December 2024 (Deutsches Historisches Museum) and 15 December 2024 (Deutsche Oper Berlin) at €12.00 for children and €39.00 for adults aged 18 and over.
"Till Eulenspiegel's funny pranks" on 18 March 2025
Family concert (6+)
Till Eulenspiegel is a well-known prankster. In his 15-minute work, Richard Strauss has the orchestra play the pranks he likes to play. In our family concert, presented by conductor Lorenzo Viotti (pictured), we reveal which pranks sound how and also give an insight into the sound colours of the individual instruments that play in an opera orchestra and transform the stories told here into music.
For all from 12 years old
Sing along! ... The Intergenerational Chorus of the Deutsche Oper Berlin is looking for choristers
Our intergenerational chorus is open to everyone aged 12 and over. People of different ages and backgrounds sing together here. This season, songs will be sung on the theme of ‘People in Nature’, with a performance at our spring concert. This year, the intergenerational chorus will also be singing ‘labour songs and protest songs’. In addition, interested members of the Intergenerational Chorus have the opportunity to become part of the performances of RISE AND FALL OF THE CITY OF MAHAGONNY in the main theatre in July 2025 as the ‘Working People's Chorus’. The chorus will be led by Senta Aue, a long-standing member of our opera chorus ... Rehearsals take place on Mondays from 4-5.30 pm at the Deutsche Oper Berlin. If you are interested, please contact jungedeutscheoper@deutscheoperberlin.de
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Stabat Mater: a piece by the JDO and young RambaZamba
immmermeeehr – A Video teaser
Do you know the drumset
Do you know the trumpet
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immmermeeehr – A Video teaser
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Do you know the drumset
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Do you know the trumpet
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A school trip to the opera
Group booking form
Would you like to attend our performances with a school class? Then select them using our group booking form: the price per pupil is €10.00, as it is for accompanying adults at a ratio of 1:10. Further accompanying adults receive a 25% discount. If you have pupils in your class whose families cannot afford to visit the opera, please contact us with the keyword ‘opera experience’. We enable these pupils (maximum 10% of the pupils per school class) to attend the performance free of charge as part of a class booking.
For families with children up to 6 years
Opera Families
The programme is aimed at families who are not yet familiar with the opera. Young children and their families have the opportunity to get to know the opera house in an age-appropriate way and free of charge, take part in musical workshops and experience rehearsal visits and musical theatre productions for children. In cooperation with family centres, daycare centres and the music school in Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf, children and adults get their first glimpse of opera in front of and behind the stage. Dates from autumn 2024.
again from 1 September
Opera for young and old: Our generational performances
A total of 18 performances in the 24/25 season invite young and old to the opera house at special prices: children and young people up to the age of 18 each receive a ticket for € 10.00, pensioners and retirees a ticket for € 29.00. These tickets can already be purchased in advance. Visit performances of THE MAGIC FLUTE, IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA, FIDELIO, DER ZWERG, THE CUNNING LITTLE VIXEN, MACBETH, INTERMEZZO (photo) or DIE MEISTERSINGER VON NÜRNBERG, among others.
For school classes and day care centres
Opera from a different perspective: backstage tour and workshops
During the behind-the-scenes tours, the pupils can get to grips with opera in a variety of ways and gain an insight into the interaction between the diverse and numerous professions and departments. They get to know the stage, the orchestra pit and also the stage magazine from very close up and one or two hidden corners of this great opera house. In preparation for a visit to the opera, we offer school classes a wide range of workshops on all operas, which bring children and young people closer to musical theatre in a playful way.
Musicians close by for school groups
Orchestral music
An opera without an orchestra? Unthinkable! The musicians from the Deutsche Oper Berlin orchestra usually disappear into the orchestra pit during performances, but otherwise they are very happy to make contact with their audience. Pupils can visit rehearsals and talk to musicians. Instrument presentations give a closer look and present the instruments up close and also for trying out.
Class 10-13 | School lessons at the opera!
Family Crash
Daughters who hate their mothers, precocious girls and problems at the start of a relationship, fundamental marital problems and question marks over family planning - in Richard Strauss' operas ARABELLA, ELEKTRA, SALOME, INTERMEZZO and DIE FRAU OHNE SCHATTEN, everything revolves around conflicts within the family. We are taking the fact that these five operas are being performed in the 24/25 season as an opportunity to talk to young people about these topics with colleagues from the dramaturgy, orchestra and other departments. Rehearsal visits free of charge.
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Do you know the Junge Deutsche Oper on Youtube and Instagram?
Take a look behind the scenes, watch rehearsals, experience the journey from conception to premiere: The new YouTube channel of the Junge Deutsche Oper and the Children's Chorus of the Deutsche Oper Berlin is a wonderful place to browse through numerous trailers and documentaries of projects from recent years. Have fun!
