“Don‘t you know the horrible dark place, don’t you know the evil one lives there?” Hastily, their parents set out for the woods to save Hansel and Gretel from the witch Rosina Leckermaul. As they feared, the children have got lost in the woods and found the gingerbread house. They cannot resist the sweet temptation – and fall straight into the trap of the witch, who likes children so much she could eat them up… literally.

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Hänsel und Gretel (Hansel and Gretel)

Staatsoper Hamburg

Don Pasquale, an older, wealthy man with a desire for a young, modest wife, meets the young couple Ernesto and Norina in Donizetti's opera. The only thing missing for their great love happiness is the blessing of money. Malatesta, a doctor friend, develops a cunning plan so that in the end the perfect intrigue emerges and Don Pasquale becomes the plaything of the young people.

Don Pasquale

During times of historical upheaval, the victors are filled with euphoric jubilation while fear spreads on the side of the losers. When cheerfulness grips the figures in Mozart’s piece, it is the swan song, full of schadenfreude, of dying structures, ancient privileges and traditional manners – including those between man and woman. Mozart (and Beaumarchais) hold the balance on the threshold between eras – as artists en route to self-marketing, as portraitists of their times, by precisely rendering a society whose balance is shifting, making Almaviva a ridiculous figure. His class is losing political power, and he compensates for this loss by becoming a slave to his sexual desire. The wind is blowing from the past, giving wing to Walter Benjamin’s angel of history. It is a storm for the winners, and for the losers a mere melancholy breeze. The angel sees nothing but ruins.

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Events

Upcoming events

15 - 25 Dec, 2024

Hänsel und Gretel (Hansel and Gretel) · Staatsoper Hamburg

8 - 14 Mar, 2025

Don Pasquale · Staatsoper Hamburg

Jun 27 - Jul 3, 2025

Le Nozze di Figaro · Staatsoper Hamburg

Future and recently performed repertoire

Peter in Hansel and Gretel by Humperdinck

Staatsoper Hamburg

Doctor Malatesta in Don Pasquale by Donizetti

Staatsoper Hamburg

The Count of Almaviva in Le nozze di Figaro by Mozart

Staatsoper Hamburg

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