A woman was once burned at the stake for being a witch - an event whose dark shadows extend to present times. A thrilling drama begins to unfold: Azucena, the daughter of the executed woman, swears to avenge her mother's death. In return, she kidnaps one of the sons of the old Count Luna, who is responsible for the execution. In the glistening madness of revenge, however, she no longer recognizes whether she is killing her own child or the son of the despised count. Years later, Azucena's now grown-up son, the titular troubadour Manrico, and the young Count Luna not only face each other in the civil war, they are also rivals for Leonora's love... Giuseppe Verdi stages the emotional extremes of his characters in a gripping and melodic way in this work, which, along with “Rigoletto” and “La traviata”, is part of his 'Trilogia popolare'.

Il trovatore

German Oper am Rhein

Three riddles must be solved by anyone who wants to marry the beautiful and ice-cold Princess Turandot. Anyone who fails them will be punished with death. But Prince Kalaf, who is unknown in the kingdom, passes the trial. Turandot desperately searches for a way to escape marriage to the much-hated man... With “Nessun dorma”, Puccini created one of the most famous tenor arias in opera literature. For the Taiwanese director Huan-Hsiung Li, Puccini's opera is a fairy tale, which he tells in the form of a dream that drifts back to the ancient Yuan dynasty.

Turan­dot

Theater Duisburg

Two peoples find themselves in the barbaric grip of war after Nabucco and his troops attack Jerusalem. The Babylonian ruler and Zaccaria, the leader of the Hebrews, do not budge an inch from their opposing viewpoints in this profound conflict, while the daily grind of war continues to bring new suffering to both peoples. The seemingly hopeless conflict does not even stop at their own families: Zaccaria holds Nabucco's favorite daughter Fenena hostage, while she has long since changed sides out of love for Ismaele and lives among the enemy people. Nabucco's other daughter, Abigaille, envies her sister's happiness and her father's throne and forges disastrous plans...

Nabucco

The general Otello has achieved everything an ambitious upstart like him could dream of: Respected as the successful commander of the Venetian fleet and loved by his beautiful wife Desdemona, fate seems to have favored him. But one man senses the self-destructive jealousy smouldering behind the façade of the successful man: Jago. Ever since Otello's ensign was passed over for a promotion, he has been driving his superior's downfall with a coolly calculated destructive fury, cleverly feeding Otello's doubts about Desdemona's fidelity...

Otello

Katerina Ismailova is wealthily married and lonely, her husband impotent and her father-in-law a tyrant. She is trapped in a world where merciless brutality, despotism and cruelty reign. The woman with a lust for life and love gives way to her raw longing for freedom when Sergei starts working for the Ismailov family. She throws herself into a passionate affair with him and poisons her father-in-law's food. But the increasing radicalism of her desire for self-determination will claim further victims ...

Lady Macbeth von Mzensk

Theatre, theatre everywhere! During rehearsals for the highly tragic period piece ‘Romulus and Ersilia’, everything somehow goes wrong: the prima donna doesn't feel well, the trouser role doesn't like itself and the tenor finally wants to play first violin.
And to make matters worse, Mamma Agata, the second soprano's weird helicopter mother, bursts in...

Beniamin Pop

Events

Past events

Jun 23 - Jul 19, 2026

Il trovatore · Deutsche Oper am Rhein

Jan 9 - Apr 12, 2026

Turandot · Deutsche Oper am Rhein

Future and recently performed repertoire

East in Turandot by Puccini

Deutsche Oper am Rhein

Lodovico in Otello by Verdi

Deutsche Oper am Rhein

Ferrando in Il trovatore by Verdi

Deutsche Oper am Rhein

The High Priest of Baal in Nabucco by Verdi

Deutsche Oper am Rhein

Procolo, ihr Mann in Prima la Mamma! by Donizetti

Deutsche Oper am Rhein

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Events

Past events

Jun 23 - Jul 19, 2026

Il trovatore · Deutsche Oper am Rhein

Jan 9 - Apr 12, 2026

Turan­dot · Deutsche Oper am Rhein

Future and recently performed repertoire

East in Turandot by Puccini

Deutsche Oper am Rhein

Lodovico in Otello by Verdi

Deutsche Oper am Rhein

Ferrando in Il trovatore by Verdi

Deutsche Oper am Rhein

The High Priest of Baal in Nabucco by Verdi

Deutsche Oper am Rhein

Procolo, ihr Mann in Prima la Mamma! by Donizetti

Deutsche Oper am Rhein

About

Beniamin Pop hasn't added a bio

Turandot · Deutsche Oper am Rhein