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 / More and more (8+)
What are children's worries? And how can children deal with and overcome their problems? The text for IMMMERMEEEHR, 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
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.
22, 23, 24 May 2025
Children' s ballet – Peter Pan (4+)
Peter Pan, the boy who never grows up, has been playing his games for over 100 years. In this version by the Kinder Ballett Kompanie Berlin, Michael, John and Wendy experience exciting adventures on the island of Neverland together with Peter Pan and Tinkerbell. But beware of Captain Hook! ... A choreography by David Simic based on the stories by James Matthew Barrie with music by Edvard Grieg, Herman Severin Løvenskiold and Alexander Glasunow ... The students of the Kinder Ballett Kompanie Berlin dance.
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 / Patrick Guetti, Markus Brück / Philipp Jekal, Nina Solodovnikova 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 / Annika Schlicht, 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 - 15, 28 Sep; 19 Oct; 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.
For all from 8 years old
Sing along! ... The Generation Chorus of the Deutsche Oper Berlin is looking for choristers
In the Generation Chorus, people of different ages and backgrounds sing together. Grandparents bring their grandchildren and the grandchildren bring their grandparents. Here, the neighbour brings his neighbour. And even people who come alone find connection with others here. The repertoire is cross-genre and is made up of what the singers bring with them: These can be folk songs, pop, hip-hop, folk, hits and much more. The stories of the different generations are reflected in them and told together. The chorus rehearsals are extended with music, dance and theatre workshops ... Rehearsals will take place always on Mondays, from 15.30 to 17.30 at the Deutsche Oper Berlin.
"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.
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Generational performance on 8 July 2024
Opera for young and old: Nabucco
Keith Warner's production of Verdi's first successful opera emphasises the basic idea of reconciliation with which the work concludes: Under the wise King Nabucco, the scribal people of the Hebrews and the warrior people of the Babylonians can hope for a peaceful future. Under the direction of Giampaolo Bisanti, Amartuvshin Enkhbat, José Simerilla Romero, Roberto Tagliavini, Jekaterina Sementschuk, Rihab Chaieb and others sing and play.
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.
Registration only again from Sep 2024
Opera Mice – Experience the opera for a year
The opera mice [6 - 10 years] can give free rein to their curiosity and discover opera for themselves: On 10 dates spread over the season, the children can look behind the scenes, visit rehearsals, get to know various trades and instruments and gain an exciting insight into the microcosm that is opera. The dates take place without the accompaniment of parents; accordingly, the children must be ready for them and be at least 6 and no more than 10 years old on 1 September 2024.
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!
