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Con­rad or The fac­to­ry-made boy

Schillertheater: Großer SaalBismarckstraße 110, Berlin, 10625, Germany
Dates/times in Berlin time zone
Friday 10 October 202518:00
Monday 13 October 202511:00
Sunday 19 October 202516:00
Sunday 26 October 202516:00
Friday 07 November 202511:00
Monday 10 November 202511:00
Friday 21 November 202511:00
Friday 28 November 202511:00
Monday 01 December 202511:00
Tuesday 02 December 202511:00
Wednesday 10 December 202511:00
Thursday 11 December 202511:00
Sunday 14 December 202516:00
Friday 26 December 202511:00
Programme
Penderbayne, Samuel (b. 1989)Con­rad or The fac­to­ry-made boyLibretto by Susanne Lütje and Anne X. Weber based on the book of the same name by Christine Nöstlinger
Performers
Komische Oper Berlin
An­ne Hin­rich­senConductor
Ruth Brauer-KvamDirector
Alfred PeterSet Designer
Alfred MayerhoferCostume Designer
Johannes ScherflingLighting Designer
Kinderchor der Komischen Oper Berlin
Sophia JiraDramaturgy
Vocalconsort Berlin
Jean-Christophe CharronChoirmaster / chorus director
Dagmar FiebachChoirmaster / chorus director
Martina BorroniChoreography
Mengqi ZhangSopranoConrad
Andreja SchneiderActorBerti Bartolotti
Philipp MeierhöferBassHerr Egon
Tom Erik LieBaritoneHerr Egon
Elisa MaayeshiSopranoKitti
Ulrike HelzelMezzo-sopranoFrau Hecht, Nachbarin
Mirka WagnerSopranoFrau Hecht, Nachbarin
Johannes DunzTenorFabrikdirektor / Lehrer Stainz
Thoma Jaron-WutzTenorFabrikdirektor / Lehrer Stainz
Junoh LeeBass-baritoneFabrikarbeiter Meier

That was quick! The delivery driver rings the doorbell, you scribble a signature, and just like that, you’ve got a package. But wait... you don’t remember ordering an oversized tin can. You open it up, and inside is—of all things—a child?!

Mrs Bertie Bartolotti had intended to spend the evening at the opera with Mr Egon, but now she’ll have to change her plans. Never in her wildest dreams did she imagine that a misdelivered tin can would turn her into a mother! The Himmelblau company, experts in mass-producing model children, has sent her the Premium Chromo.XY/3859 model, with hair parted to the side and the name Conrad. But what does such a child actually need? And what does he like? Hot peppers? Jellies? Liqueur chocolates? Sardines in oil? Well, best to start by putting a bit of everything on the plate! Conrad loves order and rules, so unfortunately he knows only too well that good children always finish their plates...

© Jan Windszus Photography