Special Events
Quast plays Offenbach - Opera for all - Opera for Families - Backstage Tours
QUAST plays Offenbach
Michael Quast, cabarettist, singer and musician alone on the stage apart from a table, chair, piano and accompanist is able to give the audience the impression that they are experiencing a fully staged operetta with a full cast of soloists, chorus and orchestra. If you do not speak German (but maybe it would be a good idea to read about the stories in advance) you will still enjoy every minute. These evenings are extremely popular and tickets sell like hot cakes.
Performances in the 2010/2011 season, which all begin at 8pm
ORPHEUS IN THE UNDERWORLD Tuesday November 2nd 2010
BEAUTIFUL HELENA Tuesday December 7th 2010
PARIS LIFE Monday January 31st 2011
DON GIOVANNI Sunday February 6th 2011
DIE FLEDERMAUS Saturday April 30th 2011
THE TALES OF HOFFMANN Wednesday June 15th 2011
A co-production with the »Fliegenden Volksbühne Frankfurt«
Performances in the 2010/2011 season, which all begin at 8pm
ORPHEUS IN THE UNDERWORLD Tuesday November 2nd 2010
BEAUTIFUL HELENA Tuesday December 7th 2010
PARIS LIFE Monday January 31st 2011
DON GIOVANNI Sunday February 6th 2011
DIE FLEDERMAUS Saturday April 30th 2011
THE TALES OF HOFFMANN Wednesday June 15th 2011
A co-production with the »Fliegenden Volksbühne Frankfurt«
Opera for All
Tickets for performances in the Opera for all (Oper für alle) series are extremely cheap - we want to try and lure you into coming to an opera, possibly for the first time.
Opera for Families
Oper Frankfurt's series Opera for Families (Oper für Familien) continues this season. The special thing about this series is that an adult purchasing a ticket is entitled to up to THREE FREE tickets for children and young people.
Opera Finale 2011
This year's Opera Finale is linked to the new production of Aulis Sallinen's KULLERVO
This is the fourth „Opera Finale“, a series which takes the last new production of the season as the theme for special events linked to the work and its composer. The first three were Beethoven’s Fidelio, Pfitzner’s Palestrina and Berlioz’ Damnation of Faust. This season it is Kullervo by Aulis Sallinen.
Oper Frankfurt takes a close look at Kalevala, Finnish national literature and epic poetry. Unlike the Edda, Nibelungenlied, Iliad, Odyssey, Beowulf and the Song of Roland, Kalevala only came into being at the beginning of the 19th century: Eliat Lönnrot collected many songs which, previously, had only been passed on by word of mouth. Convinced that he was dealing with scattered fragments of a whole he decided to put them back together again. Although his assumption has in the meantime been proved wrong (Lönnrot had also reworked and enhanced large passages) the power of Kalevala remains: it is the foundation of present day Finnish culture and the inspiration for many fine arts, music and literature.
The special role which the Kalevala plays in Finland’s culture, and myths from other lands, will be taken up in concerts, recitals, recitations, talks, exhibitions and discussions. The public will have to chance to learn more about Aulis Sallinen and his works. The composer will be coming to the first night of this new production.
This is the fourth „Opera Finale“, a series which takes the last new production of the season as the theme for special events linked to the work and its composer. The first three were Beethoven’s Fidelio, Pfitzner’s Palestrina and Berlioz’ Damnation of Faust. This season it is Kullervo by Aulis Sallinen.
Oper Frankfurt takes a close look at Kalevala, Finnish national literature and epic poetry. Unlike the Edda, Nibelungenlied, Iliad, Odyssey, Beowulf and the Song of Roland, Kalevala only came into being at the beginning of the 19th century: Eliat Lönnrot collected many songs which, previously, had only been passed on by word of mouth. Convinced that he was dealing with scattered fragments of a whole he decided to put them back together again. Although his assumption has in the meantime been proved wrong (Lönnrot had also reworked and enhanced large passages) the power of Kalevala remains: it is the foundation of present day Finnish culture and the inspiration for many fine arts, music and literature.
The special role which the Kalevala plays in Finland’s culture, and myths from other lands, will be taken up in concerts, recitals, recitations, talks, exhibitions and discussions. The public will have to chance to learn more about Aulis Sallinen and his works. The composer will be coming to the first night of this new production.
Backstage Tours
Are you curious to know what it looks like back stage at the opera? Would you like to see how costumes and scenery are made and what it feels like to stand on the stage? Then come and take part in one of our monthly Backstage Tours!
