Partnership projects with schools and nurseries

Die Zeichnung einer Maus auf einer Tröte

Opera is best experienced and appreciated when seen and felt in person. Furthermore, the diverse range of operatic subjects offers the opportunity to explore themes in an interdisciplinary way and, through the medium of musical theatre, to gain new perspectives on social or historical issues. We offer a range of educational programmes for school groups, designed to introduce each age group to the genre and its unique characteristics. Teachers have the opportunity to learn about or expand their knowledge of music theatre teaching methods with us.

Contact
Director Fanny Frohnmeyer
frohnmeyer@deutscheoperberlin.de

Team Anne Keil, Emily-Marie Schmidt, Madeleine Kandschur, Thurid Raupach (FSJ Kultur)
jungedeutscheoper@deutscheoperberlin.de

Appointments by arrangement; bookings at:
jungedeutscheoper@deutscheoperberlin.de

If you have any questions or would like advice, you can also contact us at: +49 30 343 84-474

Theatre and nursery (Theater und Kita)

Die Zeichnung einer kleinen Flöte spielenden Spitzmaus

We are embarking on a new three-year partnership with a Berlin nursery, in which the children are introduced to this particular stage art in a way appropriate to their age by alternating between watching and taking part in musical theatre, and are also able to get actively involved themselves. As part of a TUKI partnership, the nursery’s teaching staff work in creative teams with one of our musical theatre educators to put the TUKI concept into practice. From the very beginning, the further training of the nursery teachers in musical theatre education also plays a major role.

TUKI – Theatre & Nursery has been bringing Berlin’s theatres and nurseries together since 2011. These partnerships form a strong network for aesthetic and artistic education in early childhood – with a shared aim: to inspire children’s enthusiasm for the performing arts, to support their development, and to embed theatre firmly in the daily life of nurseries. After all, cultural participation is a child’s right – right from the start!

Theatre and School (Theater und Schule)

We have been in a three-year partnership with Herder Gymnasium in Berlin Westend, and this season marks our second year working together on the TUSCH project. Following an introductory phase in the first year, during which pupils gained an insight into the opera house and music theatre education, the focus in the second year is on developing our own music theatre production together.

Die Zeichnung eines Mobiltelefones mit Händen und Beinen

Alongside the world premiere of Bára Gísladóttir’s opera Good Vibes Only on the Main Stage, a Year 10 class is developing their own play about the digital age. The focus is on social media and information overload: what are pupils fed up with, and how do they cope with the daily sensory overload? Billions of search queries and the constant availability of knowledge and entertainment shape their everyday lives – but at what point does it all become too much? In March 2027, this work-in-progress will be presented at the TUSCH Festival at Podewil and is expected to be staged in June 2027 at the Tischlerei of the Deutsche Oper Berlin.

An artist's visit

Die Zeichnung einer singenden Frau, die sich im Singen zurücklehnt.

Singers from our ensemble or instrumentalists from our orchestra visit schools to give a presentation of their singing or playing. They talk about their lives as musicians and answer questions from the young audience. Following this personal introduction, a visit to an opera rehearsal or performance offers the opportunity to hear and see the artists in action on stage or in the orchestra pit.

Dates by individual arrangement Rehearsal visits free of charge

Evening performance visits €10.00 per pupil

Partnership projects with schools and nurseries

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Partnership projects with schools and nurseries

TUKI

TUSCH

Rhapsody in School

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