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Art:walk Festival
Day of the Stages at the Düsseldorf Opera House
For lovers of live music and dance
This year is the first time the Art:walk Festival Düsseldorf is taking place! Visit museums at night and theatres by day: more than 50 cultural institutions are taking part and offering a unique glimpse into their world. On 14 June 2026 – Day of the Stages – the Deutsche Oper am Rhein will also be hosting a varied programme featuring music, dance, behind-the-scenes tours and family activities in the Düsseldorf Opera House.
Programme
20 Minutes Backstage
What actually goes on behind the scenes at an opera house? At the Art:walk Festival, we invite you to join us for short backstage tours. Every 20 minutes, we’ll take you through areas that are normally off-limits to the public.
The tours offer brief, in-depth insights into the workings of a major opera house and reveal just how much craftsmanship, organisation and attention to detail go on behind the scenes. It is precisely the concise format, with just one destination per tour, that makes it so appealing: focused, surprising and right at the heart of the action.
Noon to 4 pm, meeting point: stage entrance, Ludwig-Zimmermann-Straße
Participation is only possible with a counting ticket, which holders of an Art:walk Festival ticket can collect from the information stand in front of the Opera House.
Please note: Unfortunately, the guided tours are not accessible to people with disabilities.
The tours offer brief, in-depth insights into the workings of a major opera house and reveal just how much craftsmanship, organisation and attention to detail go on behind the scenes. It is precisely the concise format, with just one destination per tour, that makes it so appealing: focused, surprising and right at the heart of the action.
Noon to 4 pm, meeting point: stage entrance, Ludwig-Zimmermann-Straße
Participation is only possible with a counting ticket, which holders of an Art:walk Festival ticket can collect from the information stand in front of the Opera House.
Please note: Unfortunately, the guided tours are not accessible to people with disabilities.
© Daniel Senzek
© Susanne Diesner
Music, ballet and much more in the foyer
It is a very special place: as part of the Art:walk Festival, the Rangfoyer of the Düsseldorf Opera House takes centre stage on Heinrich-Heine-Allee. Between 1.30 pm and 4.00 pm, a varied programme of diverse events, each lasting around twenty minutes, will be on show here. Opera arias, a plucked-string orchestra, dance and a community choir: there is plenty to discover.
1.30 pm Short concert featuring vocals and piano
2.00 pm Easier said than done – short version
2.30 pm NRW Youth Plucked String Orchestra
2.50 pm Open ballet class
3.30 pm Audience choir with choir director Albert Horne
Limited seating capacity.
1.30 pm Short concert featuring vocals and piano
2.00 pm Easier said than done – short version
2.30 pm NRW Youth Plucked String Orchestra
2.50 pm Open ballet class
3.30 pm Audience choir with choir director Albert Horne
Limited seating capacity.
Junge Oper am Rhein
The Junge Oper am Rhein invites families to take part in a range of interactive activities where you can discover the world of opera in a fun and playful way. At various locations in and around Düsseldorf Opera House, you’ll have the chance to get involved and try out something new. Discover the “Silent Parcours” in the cloakroom foyer and have your face painted to transform into a cat, knight, pirate or princess. You can try out instruments and pointe shoes, get to know the Plucked String Orchestra NRW, sing in the choir or even dance with other children and adults in the “Open Class”. This makes your visit a varied experience full of music, movement and fun – and you’ll get to know the opera in a whole new way.
1.30 pm – 4.00 pm, in and around the Düsseldorf Opera House
1.30 pm – 4.00 pm, in and around the Düsseldorf Opera House
© Katja Illner
© Inge Diettrich
Walk-In: Live Theatre Archive
The Düsseldorf Theatre Museum preserves the memory of the Deutsche Oper am Rhein. Normally, the archive holdings are only accessible by appointment – but for the Art:Walk Festival, selected materials are now returning to the opera house, their place of origin.
Usually, the artistic production takes place at the opera house, whilst the physical traces of this art subsequently find their way into the TMD’s collection. There they are carefully archived and later made available to theatre historians or curious private researchers. During the festival, you’ll have the special opportunity to discover this world of archives right on site. The TMD team is bringing a selection of historical objects and invites you to dive straight into the research. You can look, ask questions, compare and contribute your own observations. Through conversation with the team, a lively approach to theatre history emerges. You don’t need any prior knowledge of theatre history – just curiosity.
Event as part of the Art:walk Festival in collaboration with the Düsseldorf Theatre Museum
Usually, the artistic production takes place at the opera house, whilst the physical traces of this art subsequently find their way into the TMD’s collection. There they are carefully archived and later made available to theatre historians or curious private researchers. During the festival, you’ll have the special opportunity to discover this world of archives right on site. The TMD team is bringing a selection of historical objects and invites you to dive straight into the research. You can look, ask questions, compare and contribute your own observations. Through conversation with the team, a lively approach to theatre history emerges. You don’t need any prior knowledge of theatre history – just curiosity.
Event as part of the Art:walk Festival in collaboration with the Düsseldorf Theatre Museum
