SYNOPSIS
The children's book "Pünktchen und Anton" by Erich Kästner has inspired many generations of young readers. The Austrian composer Iván Eröd has set the adventures of Pünktchen and Anton to music and, together with librettist Thomas Höft, has written a critical, yet entertaining, musically varied opera. The opera can play “any place where a few people have a lot of money and others who live a few streets away have very little".
Berlin 1931. Luise, known as Pünktchen (“Dotty”), grows up in a rich family, with a cook and a nanny. Pünktchen is friends with Anton, who has to secretly sell shoelaces at night to contribute to his sick mother's meagre household budget. By observing carefully and acting courageously, the friends prevent a criminal case involving the nanny and her shady fiancé Robert the Devil...
CAST AND CREATIVES
Musikalische Leitung Rainer Mühlbach / Inszenierung Brigitta Gillessen / Bühne & Kostüme Jens Kilian / Licht Philipp Wiechert /
Further performances
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03 Fri / may 24StaatenHaus Saal 3 / 11:30 a.m. – 12:35 p.m. / 22 € Kinderoper
PÜNKTCHEN UND ANTONBuy Tickets More detailsA children's opera after the novel by Erich Kästner
Musik byIván Eröd / Libretto byThomas Höft
Suitable for children aged 6 and more / Duration approx. 65 mins. / In German language- Pünktchen Tinka Pypker
- Anton Tina Drole
- Herr Pogge Julian Schulzki
- Frau Pogge Ivana Rusko
- Fräulein Andacht Maike Raschke
- Berta, Köchin Alicia Grünwald
- Frau Gast Eva Budde
- Robert der Teufel Armando Elizondo
- Gottfried Klepperbein David Howes
- Kellner / Polizist / Passant Tom Wirtz
- Orchester Gürzenich-Orchester Köln
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04 Sat / may 24StaatenHaus Saal 3 / 11:30 a.m. – 12:35 p.m. / 22 € Kinderoper
PÜNKTCHEN UND ANTONBuy Tickets More detailsA children's opera after the novel by Erich Kästner
Musik byIván Eröd / Libretto byThomas Höft
Suitable for children aged 6 and more / Duration approx. 65 mins. / In German language- Pünktchen Tinka Pypker
- Anton Tina Drole
- Herr Pogge Julian Schulzki
- Frau Pogge Claudia Rohrbach
- Fräulein Andacht Alina König Rannenberg
- Berta, Köchin Alicia Grünwald
- Frau Gast Eva Budde
- Robert der Teufel Armando Elizondo
- Gottfried Klepperbein David Howes
- Kellner / Polizist / Passant Tom Wirtz
- Orchester Gürzenich-Orchester Köln
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08 Wed / may 24StaatenHaus Saal 3 / 11:30 a.m. – 12:35 p.m. / Last performance / 22 € Kinderoper
PÜNKTCHEN UND ANTONBuy Tickets More detailsA children's opera after the novel by Erich Kästner
Musik byIván Eröd / Libretto byThomas Höft
Suitable for children aged 6 and more / Duration approx. 65 mins. / In German language- Pünktchen Tinka Pypker
- Anton Tina Drole
- Herr Pogge Julian Schulzki
- Frau Pogge Ivana Rusko
- Fräulein Andacht Maike Raschke
- Berta, Köchin Alicia Grünwald
- Frau Gast Regina Richter
- Robert der Teufel Armando Elizondo
- Gottfried Klepperbein David Howes
- Kellner / Polizist / Passant Tom Wirtz
- Orchester Gürzenich-Orchester Köln