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Das kalte Herz

Opera in 12 pictures (2025)

Music from Matthias Pintscher
Text from Daniel Arkadij Gerzenberg

The heart is an especially popular symbol as the physical locus of human feelings, longings, and pain. A man would like to live without the painful feelings in his heart; his lover wants to unite with his heart, while transcendental powers would also like to win it over. The composer Matthias Pintscher invents overwhelming and gripping sounds for the mysterious and strange events that take place in his opera Das kalte Herz (The Cold Heart).

Pianist and poet Daniel Arkadij Gerzenberg wrote the libretto loosely based on Wilhelm Hauff’s fairy tale of the same name from 1827. In his new poetic text as well, the forest serves as a fascinating backdrop for various worlds of human emotion and uncanny moments of human existence. In cooperation with his team, director James Darrah, who works for the opera, theater, and film, will open mysterious spaces on stage for the special sonic worlds of this new opera.

Uraufführung
€  ​  115  100  80​  62  42  29​  15  11
Start of ticket sales on 10. May 2025 12 am.
Language: In german language with german and english surtitles
Recommended age: 14 years and older
Insight before the premiere on 7th January 2026
Age recommendation: as of 14 years

Cast

€  ​  100  85  73​  58  38  25​  12  10
Start of ticket sales on 10. May 2025 12 am.
Language: In german language with german and english surtitles
Recommended age: 14 years and older
Insight before the premiere on 7th January 2026
Age recommendation: as of 14 years

Cast

€  ​  100  85  73​  58  38  25​  12  10
Start of ticket sales on 10. May 2025 12 am.
Language: In german language with german and english surtitles
Recommended age: 14 years and older
Insight before the premiere on 7th January 2026
Age recommendation: as of 14 years

Cast

€  ​  85  70  60​  46  36  25​  11  9
Start of ticket sales on 10. May 2025 12 am.
Language: In german language with german and english surtitles
Recommended age: 14 years and older
Insight before the premiere on 7th January 2026
Age recommendation: as of 14 years

Cast

For the last time this season
€  ​  100  85  73​  58  38  25​  12  10
Start of ticket sales on 10. May 2025 12 am.
Language: In german language with german and english surtitles
Recommended age: 14 years and older
Insight before the premiere on 7th January 2026
Age recommendation: as of 14 years

Cast

  • Coproduction with the Opéra Comique, Paris

  • Mit freundlicher Unterstützung