Name: Insights
Start: 2025-06-21T10:00:00
Location: German Oper am Rhein

At Deutsche Oper am Rhein, a vibrant array of events offers a captivating journey into the realms of opera, ballet, and dance, celebrating the richness of artistic expression. From the poignant tales of 'La traviata' and 'Eugen Onegin' to the dynamic energy of ballet workshops and mixed-abled dance classes, audiences find a tapestry of experiences that illuminate the power of creativity. Whether you're an aficionado of traditional operas or a curious beginner in ballet, these events open doors to immersive cultural enrichment.

Unveiling Artistic Treasures: From Opera Classics to Dance Innovations

Prepare for a cultural journey as Deutsche Oper am Rhein presents a season filled with artistic diversity. From the poignant opera 'La Traviata' to the interactive 'Inside Out' dance experience, the lineup promises to captivate audiences of all tastes. With performances spanning opera, ballet, and orchestral matinees, attendees will witness creative brilliance from talented artists, including singers, dancers, and conductors. Whether you're a seasoned opera lover or a beginner stepping into the world of ballet, this season offers something for everyone. Join us as we delve into the details of these fascinating events.

Exploring Artistic Diversity: A Season at Deutsche Oper am Rhein

The Deutsche Oper am Rhein is set to captivate audiences with a diverse lineup of events showcasing the brilliance of opera, ballet, and orchestral performances. From the tragic romance of 'La traviata' to ballet open classes for all skill levels, and the emotive interpretations of 'Eugen Onegin', the program promises a rich tapestry of cultural experiences. With offerings that range from dance workshops to masterclasses, every event is designed to engage and inspire, making it a remarkable season for both performers and attendees.

Exploring the Vibrant World of Performance at Deutsche Oper am Rhein

Dive into a world of ballet, opera, and music at Deutsche Oper am Rhein's upcoming season. From beginner ballet classes to advanced workshops, and from intimate Liedmatinees to masterful operas, this season is packed with opportunities to engage with the arts. With events like 'Open Class' for dancers of all skill levels, 'Liedmatinee' featuring Finnish musical gems, and 'Eugen Onegin' delivering operatic drama, there's something for everyone. Join us in Düsseldorf for an inspiring journey through diverse artistic expressions.

Discovering Ballet, Opera, and More: A Season of Artistic Exploration at Deutsche Oper am Rhein

Welcome to a world where movement meets melody and tradition intertwines with innovation at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein. This season, the prestigious opera house in Düsseldorf offers a vibrant array of events, ranging from professional ballet classes and groundbreaking productions to intimate lied matinees and dynamic music performances. Whether you're an enthusiastic dancer or a fervent music lover, there's something for everyone to explore and enjoy in this cultural haven.

Discover the Vibrant World of Ballet, Opera, and Music at Deutsche Oper am Rhein

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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

Theater Duisburg

German Oper am Rhein

In our song matinees, ensemble members and pianists dedicate themselves to the exciting variety of international song art - in the foyer of the Düsseldorf Opera House and, as of this season, also in the opera foyer of the Duisburg Theater!

Song matinee

While the grimy back yards of the Weimar Republic were filled with unemployed singers practicing their skills in the hope of earning enough for a warm meal, night after night the revue theatres of the Kurfürstendamm would present glittering golden dreams to an audience of millions hungry for entertainment. Amid the glitz of the roaring 1920s, the fame of the Comedian Harmonists burned especially brightly: modelled on the American vocal quartet The Revelers, the six-strong ensemble made up of Ari Leschnikoff, Erich Abraham-Collin, Harry Frommermann, Roman Cycowski, Robert Biberti and pianist Erwin Bootz thrilled German audiences with mixture of sassy and entertaining lyrics set to the latest music and sung in perfect close harmony. With hits such as “Veronika, der Lenz ist da”, “Ein Freund, ein guter Freund” and “Wochenend und Sonnenschein” they conquered the concert halls of Europe at record speed and thanks to the modern mass medium of gramophone records they soon became a fixture in living rooms across Germany.

Come­dian Harmo­nists – Best of

Do you fancy a pas de deux today - or would you prefer a solo? Perhaps you are in the mood for something beguilingly sweet or refreshingly bubbly? At “ Dance à la carte”, the audience creates the choreography according to their own taste - together with the team and the dancers of the Ballett am Rhein. The guests choose individual “courses” from a thoughtfully compiled menu: movement elements, music, stories. At the end, what has been created together is served - an exclusive world premiere, unique and only for this evening.

Dance à la carte

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

Count Almaviva walks on suitor's feet. The object of his latest desire: Susanna, his wife's chambermaid and fiancée of his valet Figaro. Shortly before the wedding, the young couple has to use all their ingenuity to avoid Susanna's erotic advances from her aristocratic employer - turbulence is inevitable!

The Marriage of Figaro

The choreographer duo Iratxe Ansa and Igor Bacovich explore the perpetual motion and transience of time. Under the title “Moto perpetuo” - perpetual motion - they develop their own physical language, which emerges from intuition together with the dancers in interaction with stage elements and light, inspired by the symmetries and circular movements in the music of Philip Glass.

Kalei­dos­kop

The spirit summons the forgotten voice of María through a crack in the pavement and tells her story. She was born on a day when God was drunk. “I am María ... María Tango, María of the suburbs, María Night, María fatal passion, María of love for Buenos Aires am I!” - Searching for happiness, she leaves the suburbs, glows, gets high and plays, sells herself and, in death, becomes a mystical figure. As a shadow, María wanders through a world of surreal encounters, tracing life backwards from oblivion to birth - until she finds redemption through poetry. On a holy Sunday.

Maria from Buenos Aires

In order to foil Alberich’s bid for power, the ruler of the gods Wotan has fathered nine Valkyries, who have the task of gathering an army of fallen heroes for him and bringing them to Valhalla. His intention is that his son Siegmund, conceived from a relationship with a mortal woman, will be the free-born hero who wins back the ring for him. However, Siegmund unwittingly upsets Wotan’s plan by falling in love with his twin sister Sieglinde, a union that gives birth to Siegfried. When Wotan’s favourite daughter Brünnhilde disobeys her father’s order to seal Siegmund’s downfall out of compassion, he banishes her to the rock of fire from which only the strongest hero will be able to rescue her. This will be Siegfried.

The Valkyrie

“What is the price of paradise and who has to pay for it?” asks Belgian choreographer Stina Quagebeur in her new creation "Omelas", which is based on a dystopian short story by Ursula K. Le Guin. Intuitive and urgent, in a composition of organ sound and orchestral force, abstract and narrative at the same time, she creates a journey at the pulse of today.

Orgel­Passion

A trail of violence runs through the cursed dynasty of the Atrides long before this opera begins: Elektra's grandfather fed his own sons to his brother, her father Agamemnon sacrificed Elektra's sister Iphigenia, the desperate mother Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisth slaughtered Agamemnon with an axe in the bath. The children cannot find peace either: Elektra cannot mourn, desperate and raw, she dwells on her hatred. Like must be repaid in kind, the murderous mother and her lover must die. While her sister Chrysotemis refuses to join her, her brother Orest is to take vengeance for their beloved father: The next generation picks up the axe...

Elektra

The three sailors Gabey, Chip and Ozzie have twenty-four hours ashore in New York. And they don't need to be told twice, because the big city doesn't come calling every day! In the city of great expectations, they soon find themselves on the subway, where Ivy smiles down from a poster as “Miss Subway of the Month” and has Gabey's head spinning. It immediately becomes clear to him that he has to find this woman in the urban jungle. Whatever may come! And so begins a fast-paced journey through the city, that never sleeps, but instead holds so many delights in store that each of the three men is soon chasing his own adventure...

On the Town

At regular intervals through the season, we want to open the doors of the ballet house and give all those interested the chance to gain some insights into our work. What does the daily routine look like in the heart, the nucleus of the Ballett am Rhein? Everyone is invited to come and see for themselves.

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