The play is about Maja, who has moved to a new place where she doesn't feel at home – she is angry and sad and misses her friends. She is sent up to the attic, where she tries to build herself a safe cave. Here a magical creature appears: a sofa! It also wants space, and it's not easy, but together the two find the melody. Maja discovers that a friend can be different from herself – without being dangerous.

Maja and the magic sofa

 South Jutland Hall, Aabenraa

Estate Kolding

 The Galaxy, Vaerløse

Join us on a walking tour of the city, as houses and squares become backdrops for musical stories. A walk through the city streets, accompanied by two opera singers and a guitarist, will broaden your insight into the city and its history. You will gain a whole new perspective on the city that you, as a citizen, walk through on a daily basis, but which you may not have stopped to notice before, and at the same time you can hear beautiful excerpts from famous operas.

City Walk

Holstebro Library

You probably know the fairy tale about Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf – but have you seen it as an opera?
Now is your chance, when Operaen i Mitten performs 'Little Red Riding Hood' with music by American Seymour Barab - a fun and entertaining introduction to opera for the whole family!

Little Red Riding Hood

 Music Theatre Holstebro

What is a human being? That is the question that the internationally renowned composer Pedro Halffter addresses in a brand new chamber opera that premiered in Spain in 2022, later played in the USA, and is now being performed at Operaen i Midten in central and western Jutland.

The focal point is Klara – a robot with artificial intelligence, who gains both reason and emotions, and can therefore philosophize and explore the life around her. For what does it actually mean that robots become aware of themselves as individuals? And what could this mean for humans' use of technology and artificial intelligence in the future?

Klara is played by the American opera singer Ashley Galvani Bell. The focal point of the scene is two grand pianos placed opposite each other, between which the main character moves. The music is provided by two pianists, one of whom is the composer himself.

Clara

RemisenBrande

The People's House, Struer

“The Little Mermaid and the Prince” takes place in a swimming pool and is a theatrical concert about a mermaid and a prince who longingly communicate with each other through music. They fall in love, but in order for the mermaid to come to land and be with the prince, she must give up her voice in exchange.

It will be an almost magical experience to experience a “real” mermaid in her true element; the mysterious figure who never speaks, but sings unearthly beautifully in foreign languages. At the same time, she resembles the mermaid from the fairy tale with her tail, seashells, flowers and long hair. She moves in and around the water, while the prince sits on land and plays to her on the cello. The music is selected from the classical repertoire – both pieces for solo cello and opera songs.

The Little Mermaid and the Prince

Brande Swimming Pool

Herning Swimming Pool

Holstebro Swimming Center

Ikast Swimming Center

'Fugl' is a newly composed opera by Jesper Nordin, and is based on a true story from the composer's own family during World War II.

In the opera we meet the medical student Mina in a war-torn city. She is hit by a series of accidents that put her human morality to the test.
Milo and his wife Amsel find themselves in the same city. Milo is a priest and an idealist who dreams of being able to 'live like birds' in a natural and trusting way. However, this belief is put in danger by his actions.

Fugl

High-rise Cultural Hotel

'My Father and Anger Man' is about the boy Boy, who tries to come to terms with his father, who has great problems controlling his anger. Told in poetic language in a fairy tale form, it is a story about difficult emotions such as anger, grief, guilt and reconciliation seen from a child's perspective. Is there not light and hope at the end of the tunnel?

Operaen i Midten

Nov 23, 2025 - Feb 28, 2026

Maja and the magic sofa

20 - 28 Mar, 2026

Fugl

4 - 7 May, 2026

My Father and Anger Man

Nov 23, 2025 - Feb 28, 2026

Maja and the magic sofa

8 - 15 Aug, 2025

City Walk

Operaen i Midten