Singer

“Crunchy, crunchy crunch, who’s going to crunch my house?”
Hanover's cult production of Hansel and Gretel is back—and here it is! Steffen Tiggeler's work has been on the State Opera's program since 1964, making it the longest-running production of this fairytale play, lovingly composed in Wagnerian style by Engelbert Humperdinck and with a nostalgic libretto by his sister Adelheid Wette.
Hansel and Gretel, the children of a broom-making couple, live in dire poverty. There's hardly any food on the table at home. So, while their father senses trouble, their mother sends them into the forest to gather berries. Hansel and Gretel get lost and fall into the clutches of the evil gingerbread witch, who wants to turn them into gingerbread and consume them herself. Gretel manages to outwit the gingerbread witch, who throws them both into the oven. In the happy ending, all the gingerbread children who had previously fallen into the clutches of the witch are freed. Father and mother also find Hansel and Gretel safe and sound.

Hansel and Gretel

Staatstheater Hannover

The Rosenkavalier

"Am I still Don Juan? No, I don't know anything about him anymore. The role is over. Something has ended, and something else is beginning."
Don Giovanni—the epitome of the ruthless, charismatic seducer. His life is marked by interpersonal encounters, affairs, and relationships. He savors life to the fullest, finding himself in the midst of a frenzied feast. But now Don Giovanni crosses the line: in a duel, he kills the Commendatore, which suddenly leaves a pool of blood in his life book, which was previously meticulously filled with women's names.
The production by Bastian Kraft and his team questions Don Giovanni about the life images of this radically ruthless man, who already sees his own death approaching and yet clings to life once more. More and more memories of his life so far intrude on him. But the voices of the dark figures he encounters—opponents, rivals, lovers—also grow louder and louder. Don Giovanni's actions do not remain without consequences. The images of a single night are overwritten and blurred beyond recognition.

Don Giovanni

She loves with a burning passion and rejects love violently. She lives from the power of tango and perishes alone. She dances for her life and is robbed of her happiness. She plays with death and rises again - María from Buenos Aires. In his celebrated tango operetta, the Argentinian composer and father of tango nuevo, Astor Piazzolla, tells of the dark secrets of the tragic female figure who is both figure and spirit, flesh and appearance. With her infinitely sensual mixture of tango and chanson, Latin and classical, poetry and dance, joie de vivre and melancholy, she awakens our deepest feelings.

María de Buenos Aires

Opernplatz

A premiere as a stark warning against hatred and repression: The 1972 Olympic Games in Munich were supposed to be a sporting festival in the name of peace. Instead, the catastrophe occurred, eleven Israeli athletes were killed by terrorists. The failure of the security forces and the way the Germans dealt with guilt still have an impact today. In the new opera, the lightness of the play is mixed with anxiety and chaos. The production removes the event from its distance and shows us the ghosts of history in powerful images. The sporting disciplines portrayed in the music and the wild jazz of the Steamboat Switzerland trio, which works together with the orchestra, loosen up the virtuoso time and rhythm structure. Corinna Harfouch is one of the most sought-after German actresses.

Echo 72

How can we confront injustice in society? Mahatma Gandhi, the famous Indian freedom fighter, developed a spiritual response to this as a young lawyer in South Africa: "Satyagraha", holding on to the truth. The truth is propagated here as the most effective means in the fight against injustice, the opposing side is to be convinced by peaceful means, through non-violent resistance. Philip Glass has dedicated an emphatic work of art to this idea with his great choral opera Satyagraha : His catchy minimal music transports us to other spheres of consciousness, the timeless verses from the Bhagavad Gita invite us to inner contemplation - an inspiring experience.

Satyagraha

A white man in a tailcoat stands at the front of the stage—in the hollow of a large, black Steinway grand piano. The man in the tailcoat supports himself with his right hand. The older people in the audience clear their throats a little. It's cold outside. The piano plays. Repeated chords in D minor, a descending motif, full of worry. "I came as a stranger, I depart as a stranger."

Song Concert: Beatriz Miranda

Ballhof Two

“You’re so lucky: the cheese fell right on the macaroni!”
Figaro
Figaro is not only the barber, but also the life coach, matchmaker, and information center of Seville. At least, that's how he introduces himself, but what we experience in Rossini's opera casts doubt on this self-characterization: His strategies for the enamored Count Almaviva to establish contact with Rosina, jealously guarded by her guardian, fail from the outset—and when Figaro intervenes, things only get worse. A good premise for a turbulent comedy, which director Nicola Hümpel magnifies with two live cameras: The production presents us with a group of egotists trying to manipulate one another. Eager to always present themselves in the best possible light, they compete for the best positions in front of the cameras, which mercilessly magnify every errant facial expression and every hidden tension.

Mezzo-soprano

Beatriz Miranda

Events

Upcoming events

Nov 9 - Dec 17, 2025

The Rosenkavalier · Staatstheater Hannover

3 - 23 Dec, 2025

Hansel and Gretel · Staatstheater Hannover

Mar 20, 2026

Song Concert: Beatriz Miranda · Staatstheater Hannover

May 17 - Jun 24, 2026

The Barber of Seville · Staatstheater Hannover

Past events

3 - 23 Dec, 2025

Hansel and Gretel · Staatstheater Hannover

Nov 9 - Dec 17, 2025

The Rosenkavalier · Staatstheater Hannover

Future and recently performed repertoire

Kasturbai in Satyagraha by Glass

Staatstheater Hannover

Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni by Mozart

Staatstheater Hannover

Hansel in Hansel and Gretel by Humperdinck

Staatstheater Hannover

Rosina in The Barber of Seville by Rossini

Staatstheater Hannover

Octavian in The Rosenkavalier by Strauss

Staatstheater Hannover

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