• For Children

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  The Trip to Panama / First performance
  Musical theatre by Lin Wang based on Janosch / read more
  Premiere: 26., 28., 30. Jan.; 2.,7., 8. Feb. 2013 (aged 5 and over)

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  Something Else / First performance
  Musical theatre by Juliane Klein / read more
  Premiere: 14., 15., 17., 31. May; 1. Jun. 2013 (aged 5 and over)

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  Baby concerts
  Concerts for tots / read more
  16. Jan.; 19. Feb. 2013

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  Singing at Advent
  
  Advent stories and Yuletide evergreens / read more
  1., 8., 15., 22. Dec. 2012 (aged 4 and over)

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  The Nutcracker
  Children’s ballet / after Pyotr I. Tchaikovsky / read more
  10., 11., 15. Dec. 2012

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  The Tale of the Magic Flute
  after Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart / read more
  21., 22. Dec. 2012 (aged 5 and over)

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  Max and Moritz
  aged 4 and over / Scenic concerts for children
  Spring 2013: dates to be announced

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• For Teenagers

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  The Ring: Next Generation
  Youth project after Richard Wagner by Alexandra Holtsch / read more
  10., 15., 20. Mar. 2013 (ab 14 and over)

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  Bismarckstraße 35 / First performance
  Concert installation with music by Helmut Lachenmann / read more
  18., 21. Sep. 2012 (aged 16 and over)

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  New Scenes / First performance
  International composition competition / read more
  8., 11., 17., 18. Apr. 2013 (aged 14 and over)

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  Opera Lounge
  Young artists for young audiences / read more
  27. Nov. 2012; 10. Apr. 2013 (aged 18 and over)

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  M & The Acid Monks
  Desert-Pop-Theater von Adapt feat: The bianca Story / read more
  2., 3. March 2013 (aged 16 and over)

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Junge Deutsche Oper | (c) Dorothea Tuch

…to our busy studio devoted to all manner of experimentation in the field of musical theatre! There are new, fresh things going on at the Junge Deutsche Oper. This is the place where famous works are done differently and young people are allowed and encouraged to get their hands dirty. In the first part of our 2012/13 season we will be presenting over 20 productions, projects, concerts and interactive events ranging from The Trip to Panama ( / read more ) to Mahlermania ( / read more ), from our concerts for babies ( / read more ) to the DJ Opera ( / read more ), all aimed not only at people whose interest in opera has recently been tweaked but also at knowledgeable fans of musical theatre. And as a venue for our many and varied activities we've put down roots in the Tischlerei, the new studio space in the Deutsche Oper Berlin. Like to take a peek behind the scenes or even tread the boards yourself? Not a problem: with us there are heaps of opportunities to see what it's like backstage or on stage and give your input on the themes that interest you - for young children as one of our Opernmäusen ( / read more ) and for the older youngsters as members of the Youth Club ( / read more ), the Children's Chorus or as part of our youth project The Ring: Next Generation ( / read more ) on the main stage.

We are also looking forward to organising exchanges with school classes of all ages and collaborating with teachers like you to give young people a deeper insight into musical theatre. In the Opera & School ( / read more ) section you will find a wide range of activities designed for the period prior to your introductory visit and as a follow-up. Be it workshop projects, a talk with experts, sitting in on a rehearsal or a tour through the opera house, we are happy to advise. Whether busy on stage, backstage or in front of the stage, we are all raring to launch into an exciting new season, so see you there!

• Open publication - Free publishing

• All about the performances for children and teenagers, workshops, lectures, tours, art/research projects for school classes, offers for teachers, tickets and service et al. ...
  
  or available for download as [pdf-document / in German].
  
  or as a hard copy from the opera house
  Please be as kind as to send an E-mail to info@deutscheoperberlin.de

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  Das schlaue Füchslein | (c) Bernd Uhlig

• We offer families the possibility of attending performances during the 2012/2013 Season at especially favourable rates: all Family Day tickets for Under 18s cost € 6,– [in advance and on the door].
  
  
  

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  Turandot
  recommended aged 15 and over / 3. Nov. 2012 / 7.30 p.m. / read more

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  Carmen
  recommended aged 13 and over / 6. Nov. 2012 / 7.30 p.m. / read more

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  The Barber of Seville
  recommended aged 11 and over / 15. Nov. 2012 / 7.30 p.m. / read more

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  The Cunning Little Vixen
  recommended aged 10 and over / 23. Dec. 2012 / 3 p.m./ read more

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  The Cunning Little Vixen
  recommended aged 10 and over / 23. Dec. 2012 / 7 p.m. / read more

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  The Love for Three Oranges
  recommended aged 11 and over / 25. Dec. 2012 / 6 p.m. / read more

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  The Cunning Little Vixen
  recommended aged 10 and over / 28. Dec. 2012 / 7.30 p.m. / read more

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  The Magic Flute
  recommended aged 10 and over / 2. Feb. 2013 / 7.30 p.m. / read more

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  Othello
  recommended aged 15 and over / 2. Mar. 2013 / 7.30 p.m. / read more

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  Rigoletto
  recommended aged 15 and over / 28. Apr. 2013 / 6 p.m. / read more

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  Verdi Requiem
  recommended aged 15 and over / 4. May 2013 / 8 p.m. / read more

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• Our tours through the auditorium, props store and costume room and across the stages afford a fascinating insight into the Deutsche Oper Berlin and the everyday goings-on behind the scenes. What thinking went into the architectural complex concealed behind the long, exposed-aggregate concrete façade on Bismarckstraße? What goes into designing a stage set? What happens at rehearsals? How and where are the precious costumes administered? Visitors will also learn some lesser-known details of the eventful history of the opera house, which, with its new, modern productions and its repertoire of early treasures, provides a cross-section of more than 40 years of productions and performances.

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  Tours
  from 3.30 p.m. to 5 p.m. / read more
  27. Oct.; 8. Dec.; 19. Jan.; 23. Feb.; 23. Mar.; 20. Apr.; 4. May

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  Family tours
  from 3.30 p.m. to 4.30 p.m. / read more
  6. Oct.; 17. Nov.; 15. Dec.; 5. Jan.; 2. Feb.; 9. Mar.; 6. Apr.

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• F22nd – 27th April 2013
  Festival fever in the Tischlerei!
  Advance ticket sales from 18th February 2013*
  
  Information on all “Augenblick mal! events available here.
  
  Welcome to the 12th edition of “Augenblick mal!” – the drama festival for young audiences.
  
  An opportunity for Berlin school children, their families and national and international drama professionals to enjoy ten outstanding performances by German children's and youth theatre. Six curators selected the productions, which this year give prominence to performative styles and the issue of multilingualism. Audiences are confronted with a range of strong narratives, most of which were developed as collaborations. These three top-notch international productions from Ireland, Croatia and Hungary indicate a new politicisation of theatre for young audiences, with all three productions taking stale, outdated structures and attempts at social reform as their themes.
  
  Meetings and discussions are being organised with the respective creators. The opening event and the Assitej Gala celebrate drama for children and teenagers as an indispensable aspect of culture. Tickets to the 2013 Berlin Children's Drama Awards ceremony are being allotted by prize draw. On the last night of the Festival the GRIPS Theatre is hosting a special Bonustrack open-stage night. Epicentre of the Festival is the Theater an der Parkaue, the venue for stimulating encounters and discussions.
  
  Productions at the Tischlerei
  

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  A Papnö / The Priestess
  Eine A Krétakör production, Budapest, Hungary / weiterlesen
  23, 24 April 2013 (aged 15 and upwards)

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  9 Lives
  An ensemble production by JES – Junges Ensemble Stuttgart/ weiterlesen
  25 April 2013, 11:00 & 18:00 (aged 13 and upwards)

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  Young & Furious
  An Unusual Symptoms production / Samir Akika & Johannes Fundermann / weiterlesen
  26, 27 April 2013 (aged 14 and upwards)

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  Tickets
  adults: € 12.00 / concs.: € 9.00 / Children under 13: € 7.00
  
  Groups (10 persons and upwards, p/pers.)
  school children and students: € 8.00 (via JugendKulturService: € 6.00) / pupils of 6th Klasse and below: € 6.00 (via JugendKulturService: € 4.50)
  
  Advance tickets
  Theater an der Parkaue, Parkaue 29, 10367 Berlin-Lichtenberg, Mon –Fri 10.00 – 17.00 / Telephone reservations: (030) 55 77 52–51, –52, –53 / Fax reservations: (030) 55 33 495 / Email reservations: besucherservice@parkaue.de / Online reservations: www.parkaue.de
  
  Advance tickets for media, institutions, facilitators, etc.
  Telephone reservations: (030) 55 77 52–77 / Email reservations: augenblickmal@parkaue.de
  
  Advance ticket sales from 18th February 2013

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  Der Ring: Next Generation © Deutsche Oper Berlin

• Youth project, based on THE RING OF THE NIBELUNG and compositions by Alexandra Holtsch
  
  In 2013, the year of Wagner celebrations, the Deutsche Oper Berlin invites 60 young people to team up with a production crew, a composer, classical musicians and singers to create an experimental evening of musical theatre. The work centres on Richard Wagner's monumental musical epic THE RING OF THE NIBELUNG, a story not only about a cursed ring, broken agreements, foregone love and a thirst for power but also of conflict between parents and their children, with the hopes of the parents in this RING resting on the next generation. The hope of the elder generation is that their children will put the world to rights for them. In THE RING: NEXT GENERATION Wagner's characters are placed in direct confrontation with the present day "next generation's" approach to life. The music likewise combines the two worlds: stirring, original Wagner issuing from the orchestra pit meets electronic music and ultra-hip sounds served up from the turntable of DJ Alexandra Holtsch and DJ Panacea.
  
  Castings

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  rehearsels

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  Weekends from October 2012

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  Intensive rehearsels

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  1. – 14. October 2012)

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  2. – 5. January 2013

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  21. January to 10. March 2013, v. a. abends

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  Performances

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  The Ring: Next Generation
  world premiere / read more
  Sunday, 10. March 2013, 6 p. m. / by tickets

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  The Ring: Next Generation
  Friday, 15. March 2013, 7.30 p. m. / read more / buy tickets

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  The Ring: Next Generation
  Wednesday, 20. March 2013, 7.30 p. m. / read more / buy tickets

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• Main performances of the Children's Chorus

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  Something Else / First performance / Tischlerei
  Musical theatre for children by Juliane Klein (*1966) / read more
  Premiere: 14., 15., 17., 31. May; 1. Jun. (aged 5 and over)

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  The Children's Chorus in Concert / Foyer
  Christmas carols et al. / read more
  9., 16. Dec. (aged 5 and over)

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  The Children's Chorus as member in operas

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  Carmen
  Georges Bizet (1838 – 1875) / read more
  6., 18., 25. Nov.; 15., 18. Dec.; 10. Jan.; 4., 25. Apr.

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  Tosca
  Giacomo Puccini (1858 – 1924) / read more
  9., 26. Jan.; 17., 23., 28. Feb.; 9. Mar.

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  Turandot
  Giacomo Puccini (1858 – 1924) / read more
  27., 31. Oct.; 3. Nov.

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  Othello
  Giuseppe Verdi (1813 – 1901) / read more
  27. Feb.; 2., 6. Mar.

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  The Cunning little Vixen
  Leos Janacek (1854 – 1928) / read more
  30. Nov.; 2., 23. (2x), 28. Dec.

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• Since its creation in 2008, the Children's Chorus of the Deutsche Oper Berlin has taken on an increasingly important role in the activities of the opera house, with all child chorus parts in Deutsche Oper works now performed by the Children's Chorus. These include CARMEN, TOSCA, CARMINA BURANA, LA BOHEME, HANSEL AND GRETEL, OTHELLO, TURANDOT and the solos in TOSCA and MACBETH. During the 2012/2103 season the Chorus will feature prominently in THE CUNNING LITTLE VIXEN and also give performances in its own right. With its performances and concerts on the Deutsche Oper stage, in the Kammermusiksaal of the Philharmonie and at other venues, the Chorus delivers pieces ranging in style from baroque to modern pop.
  
  Two Christmas concerts have established themselves as regular features on the programme in the Advent period: in the early Spring of 2013 the Children's Chorus will be premiering its first-ever children's opera production of Juliane Klein's SOMETHING ELSE in the Tischlerei.
  
  
  The Children's Chorus of the Deutsche Oper Berlin currently comprises approximately 100 members, sub-divided into the "Little Chorus" and "Big Chorus", which is also involved in opera performances and concerts. What are the requirements for membership? Above all, the children should have a love of music and a love of singing. Children should be physically fit and enjoy the process of learning tunes and lyrics, regardless of difficulty or simplicity, and be bold and robust enough to take to the stage of the Deutsche Oper Berlin.
  
  
  Telefon: +49 [0]30-343 84 479
  
  The Children's Chorus … supported by Berliner Volksbank eG und der Berliner Morgenpost.

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  (c) Dorothea Tuch

• Children's opera for 5-9 year-olds.
  
  Curiosity may kill the cat but it can't touch our Opernmäuse ('opera mice') as they set about exploring the Deutsche Oper Berlin, participating in workshops, getting behind-the-scenes insights into the workings of various departments, watching as older children rehearse and even getting to know singers and musicians. In no time at all they've become experts on the ins and outs of musical theatre. Our mice get together once a month on average, so what are you waiting for? Mäuse meetings are held approx. once a month from September 2012, on various days of the week.
  
  Club subscription is €20.
  Space is limited.
  
  Information and registration:
  jungedeutscheoper@jungedeutscheoperberlin.de

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  Junge Deutsche Oper | (c) Dorothea Tuch

• Youth Club backstage ...
  ...brings youngsters into contact with opera! Since the spring of 2009 the Youth Club of the Deutsche Oper Berlin has been a focal point for 15-30 year-olds who have developed an interest in opera or are in the process of discovering its delights. We organise our own varied programme of events. Around eight times a season we gather to attend an opera, take a tour or sit in on an orchestra or opera rehearsal. At sit-down gatherings we rub shoulders with artists and staff of the opera house. Through our affiliation to the "Juvenilia" umbrella organisation we also interact with the youth-club organisations of other European opera houses. New members are always welcome. Experience the world of opera for an annual subscription of just €15.
  
  
  Youth Club onstage ...
  ... A club for fans of musical theatre: This season the Youth Club is organising its first-ever active group, a musical theatre lab for rehearsing, testing ideas out and researching. Young people get an insight into how a musical theatre project evolves and at the end present their finished product on the big stage. This is the club for all those who have an urge to act! Intensive rehearsals are held in the second week of the Easter holidays and over Pentecost; the big night comes at the beginning of June. Registration fee: €15 (on top of Youth Club subscription).
  
  
  
  Contakt
  Jugendclub Deutsche Oper Berlin e.V.,
  Chairman: Christoph Brzezinski
  Tel: +49 [0]30-343 84 237
  Email: info@Jugendclub-DeutscheOper.de
  www.jugendclub-deutscheoper.de

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  Oper & Schule | (c) Bettina Stöß

• We offer the following workshops, in which school classes learn about selected works from the main programme and get to prepare their own musical performance under the watchful guidance of professionals.
  
  
  

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  Write on our skin
  Art/research project for Berlin Oberstufe-level pupils. Project will look at
  The little Match Girl / read more
  Performance: 22nd, 23rd September 2012 (Foyer)

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  Helmut Lachenmanns 1997 uraufgeführtes Musiktheater ist musikalisch eines der radikalsten der Operngeschichte, eines, das den Zuschauer permanent herausfordert, die Haltung eines Staunenden und Suchenden einzunehmen und sich unvoreingenommen auf fremde und nicht vertraute Klänge einzulassen. In diesem fächerübergreifenden Projekt setzen sich Schüler im Rahmen ihres Musik- und Geschichtsunterrichts mit Lachenmanns Musik sowie mit der politisch-ethischen Dimension der Oper auseinander und entwickeln schließlich in einer musikalisch-theatralen Performance ihre eigene Perspektive auf das Werk.
  
  
  
  

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  Mein Panama
  Workshop project for primary school pupils. Project will look at
  
  The Trip to Panama / read more

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  Ausgehend von der Frage „Wohin würdest Du gern mal reisen?“ beschäftigen sich drei Berliner und drei Pekinger Schulklassen in mehrwöchigen Workshops mit ihrem persönlichen Traum von „Panama“. Die Geschichte von Janosch dient als Ausgangspunkt – im Zentrum dieses biografisch angelegten Musiktheaterprojekts stehen jedoch die Schüler und ihre eigenen Themen vom Träumen und Reisen, von Heimat und Fremde. Aus den Schülerträumen entstehen kleine musiktheatrale Kunstwerke, die als Auftakt einer Vorstellung der Kinderoper präsentiert werden. Die Arbeit in den Workshops wird filmisch dokumentiert und in Berlin und Peking dem Publikum präsentiert.

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  Oper & Schule | (c) Dorothea Tuch

  Tours through the opera house
  What does a stage manager do? What does scenery look like from the back? Why does the orchestra sit in the pit? The answers to these and other questions are largely self-evident to people taking a tour backstage at the Deutsche Oper. Tours are available to school and kindergarten groups aged 4 and over. Size of group: min. 15, max. 30. Duration: 30-90 mins depending on theme and age of participants.
  
  Sitting in on rehearsals
  It's not just for amateurs that the saying 'practice makes perfect' holds true. The road to the opening night is long and involves much disciplined rehearsing …and many ideas on how to stage the production founder along the way. School children now have a chance to observe the composer and/or the director as they rehearse. Duration: 10-60 mins depending on production, structure of rehearsal and age of participants.
  
  Practical workshop
  Before they see an opera, groups can attend a workshop and, by applying musical theatre's Scenic Interpretation method, work out their own approach to the piece and have fun exploring the opera's situations and characters. In the opera house or on school premises. Duration: min. 2 classroom hours.
  
  Talks, before or after seeing an opera
  We can organise an introductory talk and a follow-up discussion in the opera house or on school premises. Duration: 1-2 classroom hours.
  
  School classes sponsor a production
  A school class may decide to follow the development of a production, perhaps focusing on a particular aspect of the piece. The project allows pupils to have direct contact with the makers. Tours, talks and workshops provide further insights into the world of opera. Approx. 4 meetings in the opera house or on school premises.

• We are very happy to advise teachers on how to prepare for an evening at the opera with a class of school children and how such a visit might be followed up. We recommend our free accompanying programme, which we will put together from the modules below after consulting you on your requirements. Beyond the standard ticket price, there is no further charge.
  
  Opera preformances on stage
  
  from class 1

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  after Tchaikovsky The Nutcracker / read more

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  from class 5

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  Janácek The Cunning Little Vixen / read more

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  Mozart The Magic Flute / read more

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  after Mozart The Tale of the Magic Flute / read more

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  from class 6

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  Prokofiev The Love for Three Oranges / read more

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  Rossini The barber of Seville / read more

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  from class 7

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  Bizet Carmen / read more

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  from class 8

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  Verdi A Masked Ball / read more

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  Wagner / Holtsch The Ring: Next Generation / read more

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  from class 10

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  Berlioz The Trojans / read more

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  Braunfels Jeanne d’Arc / read more

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  Britten Peter Grimes / read more

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  Donizetti Lucia di Lammermoor / read more

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  Lachenmann The Little Match Girl / read more

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  Mozart Don Giovanni / read more

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  Puccini Madama Butterfly / read more

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  Puccini Tosca / read more

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  Puccini Turandot / read more

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  Verdi Requiem / read more

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  Verdi Othello / read more

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  Verdi Rigoletto / read more

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  Verdi La Traviata / read more

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  Wagner Lohengrin / read more

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  Wagner Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg / read more

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  Wagner Parcival / read more

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  Wagner Rienzi, The Last oft the Tribunes / read more

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  Wagner Tannhauser / read more

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  Wagner Tristan and Isolde / read more

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• Accompanying material and advice on productions
  Our team of educators help interested teachers choose a suitable piece for their pupils to perform. We provide auxiliary material on selected productions and can email this information in the form of one or more files. Please contact us via
  jungedeutscheoper@deutscheoperberlin.de
  
  Materials (in German langugage)

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  Die Liebe zu den drei Orangen
  Oper von Sergej Prokofjew Download (17MB)

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  Oh, wie schön ist Panama
  Kindermusiktheater von Lin Wang Download (5MB)

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• Info letter and information days
  Our info letter, appearing every four to eight weeks, notifies teachers of current offerings relating to the performance programme, training courses and projects of potential interest to pupils. All signed-up teachers can attend an information event on our premieres. To register for the info letter, please use the order form.

• Ticket Sales and Contact
  Deutsche Oper Berlin, Bismarckstr. 35, 10627 Berlin
  Deutsche Oper Berlin – Tischlerei, Eingang: Richard-Wagner-Straße / Ecke Zillestraße, 10585 Berlin
  Telephon: +49 [0]30-343 84 343
  Email: info@deutscheoperberlin.de
  Internet: www.deutscheoperberlin.de
  
  ClassicCard – For everyone up to 30 years or age
  At the unique basic price of €15,–, young people up to 30 years of age can select from over 1,500 top concerts, opera and ballet performances for twelve months with the ClassicCard and experience their favourite stars from the best seats – all at the special price of € 8,– for concerts and € 10,– for opera and ballet, as often as they wish. These privileged conditions apply at the evening box office for in-house productions of the Deutsche Oper Berlin, Komische Oper Berlin, Konzerthaus Berlin, Radio Orchestra and Choirs [ROC] with the ensembles Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, RIAS Chamber Choir and the Berlin Radio Choir as well as the State Opera Unter den Linden and Berlin State Ballet. You can obtain the ClassicCard at the box offices of the participating institutions during the daytime and at the KulturKaufhaus-Dussmann. All further information is available under www.classiccard.de
  
  Contact
  Junge Deutsche Oper
  Katharina Mohr
  Richard-Wagner-Straße 10, 10585 Berlin
  Telephon: +49 [0]30-343 84 474 / Fax: +49 [0]30-343 84 232
  Email: jungedeutscheoper@deutscheoperberlin.de
  
  Individual tours
  Anne Oppermann
  Richard-Wagner-Straße 10, 10585 Berlin
  Telephone: +49 [0]30-343 84 225
  Email: oppermann@deutscheoperberlin.de

• Prices
  General-admission performances
  Performances in the Tischlerei and for THE RING: NEXT GENERATION
  € 20 / concs.: € 10*
  
  Children's performances in the Tischlerei, in the Foyer or on stage
  € 16 / concs.: € 8*
  
  Chamber concerts
  € 16 / concs.: € 8*
  
  Opera workshop, tours (for families), baby concerts, cushion concerts
  € 5
  
  *) All those eligible to pay reduced prices (concessions) can claim the discount rate as soon as tickets go on general sale. If purchasing online, please select the "ermäßigt" 'sale type' in the dropdown menu under the hall chart, after choosing your seat(s). Ticket purchasers eligible for discounts should bring documentary evidence of their concession status for presentation to staff authorised to verify eligibility.
  
  Performances over the Berlin/Brandenburg school holidays:
  Pupils (under 18) € 8,– at the Box Office (starting one hour prior to the beginning of the performance)
  
  Family Day tickets for Under 18s cost € 6,–:
  read more
  
  Tickets for school classes: pupils € 8,– /
  Please be as kind as to contact the Kartenservice / Deutsche Oper Berlin, Postfach 10 02 80, 10562 Berlin
  Telephone: +49 [0]30-343 84 343
  Email: info@deutscheoperberlin.de