Sat, Oct. 04, 2025, 3.00 pm - 4.05 pm | opera stabile
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Iris Ter Schiphorst
Die Gänsemagd
A fairy tale for children aged 6 and over
Iris ter Schiphorst's opera for children was premiered in Vienna in 2010. Together with her librettist Helga Utz, the Hamburg-born composer created a touching and captivatingly imaginative work of music theater from the Grimm fairy tale. A princess, accompanied by her maid, sets off from the protection of her parental home to meet her bridegroom. Despite a difficult journey and numerous obstacles, everything turns out well in the end and she is able to marry her prince. Tobias Kratzer is staging Die Gänsemagd as part of the opening of the opera stabile's artistic direction and season one day after Das Paradies und die Peri, the opening production on the main stage. Musical theater for the youngest generations is not a niche product for him, but a top priority. Here, young audiences experience it at close quarters: As a flock of geese, the children become part of the action, immersing themselves in the story together with the musicians and ensemble singers - opera as a lively, accessible art form full of enchanting melodies that shows how valuable resilience, self-confidence and trust in others are on the journey through life.
Musical direction: Claudia Chan
Production: Tobias Kratzer
Co-director: Matthias Piro
Stage and costumes: Rainer Sellmaier
Dramaturgy: Michelle Stoop
Opera for children (2009)
Libretto: Helga Utz based on the fairy tale of the same name by the Brothers Grimm
In German Language
Supported by the Foundation for the Promotion of the Hamburg State Opera
