Schillertheater: Großer SaalBismarckstraße 110, Berlin, 10625, Germany
Dates/times in Berlin time zone
| Thursday 02 April 2026 | 16:00 |
| Sunday 12 April 2026 | 16:00 |
| Monday 20 April 2026 | 11:00 |
| Tuesday 21 April 2026 | 11:00 |
| Sunday 10 May 2026 | 16:00 |
| Thursday 14 May 2026 | 16:00 |
| Tuesday 19 May 2026 | 11:00 |
| Wednesday 20 May 2026 | 11:00 |
Programme
| Kats-Chernin, Elena (b. 1957) | Nils Holgerssons wundersame Abenteuer | Libretto by Susanne Felicitas Wolf |
Performers
| Komische Oper Berlin | ||
| Olivia Clarke | Conductor | |
| Ruth Brauer-Kvam | Director | |
| Alfred Peter | Set Designer | |
| Alfred Mayerhofer | Costume Designer | |
| Johannes Scherfling | Lighting Designer | |
| Orchester der Komischen Oper Berlin | ||
| Kinderchor der Komischen Oper Berlin | ||
| Maximilian Hagemeyer | Dramaturgy | |
| Dagmar Fiebach | Choirmaster / chorus director | |
| Vocalconsort Berlin | ||
| Jean-Christophe Charron | Choirmaster / chorus director | |
| Martina Borroni | Choreography | |
| Caspar Krieger | Tenor | Nils Holgersson |
| Thoma Jaron-Wutz | Tenor | Marten |
| Sylvia Rena Ziegler | Mezzo-soprano | Akka, Anführerin des Vogelzugs |
| Christoph Späth | Tenor | Smirre, Fuchs |
| Alma Sadé | Soprano | Daunenfein |
| Grace Heldridge | Mezzo-soprano | Ysätters-Kajsa / Bäuerin |
| Elisa Maayeshi | Soprano | Karen Nilsson / Lillemor |
| Junoh Lee | Bass-baritone | Ville Vätte / Olle |
| Hans Gröning | Baritone | Holger Nilsson |
Nils Holgersson is flying away with the geese! In this children’s opera by Elena Kats-Chernin and Susanne Felicitas Wolf, our shrunken hero scampers through plenty of adventures alongside his friend Martin, a domestic goose, and turns out to be bigger than he thought in the end!
In the children's opera version by Elena Kats-Chernin and Susanne Felicitas Wolf, Nils has to go on all kinds of adventures, earn the trust of the wild geese and find out what the size of a gnome can be good for ...
By the way
With a Nils Holgersson full of poetry, wit, and a great deal of magic, Ruth Brauer-Kvam is presenting herself as a director for the first time at the Komische Oper Berlin.
