Singer

The play is about Maja, who has moved to a new place where she doesn't feel at home – she is angry and sad and misses her friends. She is sent up to the attic, where she tries to build herself a safe cave. Here a magical creature appears: a sofa! It also wants space, and it's not easy, but together the two find the melody. Maja discovers that a friend can be different from herself – without being dangerous.

Maja and the magic sofa

 South Jutland Hall, Aabenraa

Estate Kolding

 The Galaxy, Vaerløse

You probably know the fairy tale about Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf – but have you seen it as an opera?
Now is your chance, when Operaen i Mitten performs 'Little Red Riding Hood' with music by American Seymour Barab - a fun and entertaining introduction to opera for the whole family!

Little Red Riding Hood

 Music Theatre Holstebro

The connection between Niels W. Gade, who became one of the most significant, if not powerful, composers in Denmark in the 19th century, and the fine Mendelssohn family in Germany is important. It was Felix Mendelssohn who premiered Gade's first symphony in Leipzig; and then Gade also became part of the very fertile environment of the city there. Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel could not, as the time (and both father and brother) demanded, be a professional composer and musician – for her, music was simply "an extra piece of jewelery she could wear". But she both played and composed and was highly regarded; also by her brother, who for her 25th birthday composed Psalm 115 as a gift. Gade's probably best-loved work, Morgensang fra Elverskud, and the gift from her brother are respectively before and after her own cantata Lobgesang, which she composed a year after giving birth to her son, Sebastian. It is a work that has references to JS Bach, whose importance was enormous, and which the two Mendelssohn siblings

Mezzo-soprano

Emma Oemann

Events

Upcoming events

Nov 22, 2026

Søndagsmatiné · Odense Symphony Orchestra

Nov 22, 2026

Sunday Matinee · Odense Symphony Orchestra

Past events

Nov 23, 2025 - Feb 28, 2026

Maja and the magic sofa · Operaen i Midten

23 - 25 May, 2025

Little Red Riding Hood · Operaen i Midten

Future and recently performed repertoire

Mezzosopran in Auf dem Strom by Schubert

Odense Symphony Orchestra

Mezzosopran in Alphorn by Strauss

Odense Symphony Orchestra

Mezzosopran in Three Sonnets for horn, klaver og fortæller by Plog

Odense Symphony Orchestra

Singer in Little Red Riding Hood by Barab

Operaen i Midten

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