14.11. – 15.12.2026 / Young Opera

Die Mitternachtstür

A fantasy opera based on the novel of the same name by Dave Eggers
James Reynolds & Pamela Dürr
Sun 22.11.2026
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
16:00 - 17:15
Young Opera
Dates
16:00 - 17:15
Premiere Young Opera
11:00 - 12:15
Young Opera
16:00 - 17:15
Young Opera
11:00 - 12:15
Young Opera
11:00 - 12:15
Young Opera
11:00 - 12:15
Young Opera
Content
Children save the world!

World Premiere

Collaboration as part of “Junge Opern Rhein-Ruhr”

In German with surtitles
approx. 1 ¼ hours, no interval
For all from 10 upwards
When Gran and his family move to the new town, it’s not just the family harmony that’s off balance. Their new home is crooked and twisted too. And things are certainly not going well at school, because Gran’s classmates are a bit weird as well. But then he meets Catalina. She is the only one who sees him, talks to him – and understands what's going on.
She knows about the mysterious midnight door, behind which another world opens up – a world in which brave people join forces and stand up to the worries that make the city increasingly strange and sweep the ground from under its feet. Gran and Catalina do everything they can to save their city…

The new family opera “Die Mitternachtstür” by James Reynolds and Pamela Dürr adapts the novel of the same name by bestselling author Dave Eggers for the opera stage. With cinematic music and grand operatic sounds, it tells the story of the power of forming bonds, so that everything turns out all right again in difficult times.
Musikalische Leitung
Inszenierung
Mizgen Bilmen
Bühne
Sabine Mäder
Kostüme
Martina Lebert
Cast
Gran
Jakob Kleinschrot
El Duque
Ilya Lapich

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