With dreamlike, fantastic orchestral sounds, Pierangelo Valtinoni's children's opera, which premiered in 2022, invites you on a journey into the realm of fantasy. In the desert, a stranded pilot meets the little prince, who has been transported to Earth from his asteroid. While the pilot tries to repair his plane, the little prince tells of distant planets and their inhabitants: of a ruler in love with ruling, a singer in love with herself, a star buyer in love with possessions... and of a fox who explains the essence of friendship.

The Little Prince

Staatstheater Darmstadt

It all begins at sea: The knight Tristan takes the Irish princess Isolde as an unwilling bride to his uncle, the king of the victorious power Cornwall. Humiliated and tormented by unspeakable feelings for each other, a death potion is supposed to end both of their lives before the ship docks in Cornwall. But unknowingly, instead of the poison, they take a love potion that changes everything: Tristan and Isolde plunge into an unstoppable affair that consumes their entire existence. The insatiable desire for each other leads to an obsessive longing for death in a mutual love death.

Tristan and Isolde

A world in which everything turns out for the best? In which forgiveness and generosity triumph over greed and malice? Who wouldn't want that? In Rossini's opera buffa, this dream becomes reality on stage. The title character Angelina does not have an easy life under the arrogance and resentment of her stepfamily. But even her stepfather, the impoverished nobleman Don Magnifico, cannot prevent her transformation from Cinderella into a mysterious beauty: At the prince's ball, Angelina enchants everyone present. But it is not just Cinderella's disguise that causes confusion - the prince himself also poses as a servant and causes all sorts of comical mix-ups.

Cinderella (La Cenerentola)

"Man is an abyss, it makes you dizzy when you look down."
With incomparably stirring, moving music, Alban Berg focuses on the inner life of a person who is neither a hero, nor a privileged person, nor a chosen one: the penniless soldier Wozzeck could hardly be worse off. Derided, mistreated and abused by society, he barely has enough to feed Marie and their illegitimate child. The progressive deterioration of his physical and mental health leads to catastrophe.

KS Katrin Gerstenberger

Events

Upcoming events

Jan 13 - Mar 21, 2025

The Little Prince · Staatstheater Darmstadt

Feb 2 - May 4, 2025

Tristan and Isolde · Staatstheater Darmstadt

Mar 15 - Jun 29, 2025

Cinderella (La Cenerentola) · Staatstheater Darmstadt

May 17 - Jul 3, 2025

Wozzeck · Staatstheater Darmstadt

Future and recently performed repertoire

Margret in Wozzeck by Berg

Staatstheater Darmstadt

Brangäne in Tristan and Isolde by Wagner

Staatstheater Darmstadt

Tisbe, daughter of Don Magnifico in Cinderella by Rossini

Staatstheater Darmstadt

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