Of course, it's much more fun to play than to help with housework! Hänsel and Gretel know that too. It's just a shame that they smash the milk churn during their boisterous games and ruin their dinner. What should the poor family put on the table now? The mother scolds her children and sends them into the forest to look for berries. However, what begins as an adventure soon turns serious at dusk: the siblings get lost and soon fall into the clutches of the wicked witch. Now they have to summon up all their courage and ingenuity to free themselves.

Hansel and Gretel

Theater Duisburg

German Oper am Rhein

In 1900, three keepers disappear without a trace from a remote lighthouse in the north of Scotland. Sir Peter Maxwell Davies based his chamber opera "The Lighthouse" (1980) on this unresolved incident, which retraces the events in a mixture of documentation and vision of what actually happened at the time. Maxwell Davies' composition ranges from the roaring waves surrounding the lighthouse to the chant-like arguments between the three keepers Sandy, Blazes and Arthur that lead to the catastrophe.

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Events

Past events

Dec 6, 2025 - Jan 18, 2026

Hansel and Gretel · Deutsche Oper am Rhein

Feb 3 - Mar 5, 2025

Der Leuchtturm / Dido und Aeneas · Deutsche Oper am Rhein

Future and recently performed repertoire

Witch in Hansel and Gretel by Humperdinck

Deutsche Oper am Rhein

sorceress in Dido and Aeneas by Purcell

Deutsche Oper am Rhein

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