Maike Raschke
Vita
The Berlin-born soprano studied in Hanover and in her hometown. As a member of the International Opera Studio at Cologne Opera (2009 to 2011), she made her debut at Cologne Opera in roles including Stella in Offenbach’s „The Tales of Hoffmann“, Tebaldo in „Don Carlo“, Amore/Valletto in „L’incoronazione di Poppea“, Servilia in „La clemenza di Tito“ and Papagena in „Die Zauberflöte“. In the 2010-11 season, she also appeared in the highly acclaimed stage premiere of Stockhausen’s „Sonntag“ from the opera cycle „Licht“. In the world premiere of Ingfried Hoffmann’s „Vom Fischer und seiner Frau“, she played the fisherman’s wife.
Guest engagements have taken her to the Aalto-Musiktheater Essen, Theater Hagen, Theater Dortmund, Komische Oper Berlin, Ruhrtriennale, Wiener Festwochen and Potsdamer Winteroper, among others.
At the Cologne Opera, she sang Ida in „Die Fledermaus“, Klärchen in „Im weißen Rössl“, Papagena and the First Lady in „Die Zauberflöte für Kinder“, the Second Nanny in Kurt Weill’s „Street Scene“ and Olga in Jacques Offenbach’s „La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein“, as well as the Second Elf in „Rusalka“, Ascagne in „Les Troyens“, the Sandman/Dew Fairy in „Hänsel und Gretel“ and the Confidante in „Elektra“.
She is also a member of the Cologne Children’s Opera ensemble, where she has appeared in various roles: in Wulff-Woesten’s „Die Geschichte vom Fuchs, der den Verstand verlor“, as Fräulein Andacht in „Pünktchen und Anton“, in „Marla, die Maifliege“, as Wellgunde / Zweiter Nibelung in „Das Rheingold für Jung und Alt“, as Zweite Norn / Wellgunde in „Götterdämmerung für Jung und Alt“ and as Papagena in „Die Zauberflöte“. Other roles in children’s opera include Bradamante in Marius Felix Lange’s „Der Gesang der Zauberinsel“, the nasty little girl in Connor Mitchell’s „The Musician“, the lucky child in „Der Teufel mit den drei goldenen Haaren“, Hanna in „Die Bremer Stadtmusikanten“, Mercutio in Blacher’s „Romeo und Julia“ and Bertil in „Nils Karlsson Däumling“.
In the 2025-26 season, she will appear as Papagena in „Die Zauberflöte“, in „Alles, was fliegt“, as Kristel Krakel in „Der Wunschpunsch“, as Sandmännchen/Taumännchen in „Hänsel und Gretel“, as Frau Gagackel in „Max und Moritz“ and as Ännchen in „Freikugeln – Der Freischütz in fünf Dimensionen“.
Upcoming productions with: Maike Raschke
Freikugeln - Der Freischütz in fünf Dimensionen
Rigoletto
Der König verschenkt was
Die Zauberflöte
Alles, was klingt
Das Grand Hotel der Gefühle
Die Nachtigall
Madama Butterfly
Der Wunschpunsch
Alles, was fliegt
Hänsel und Gretel
Max und Moritz
All events with Maike Raschke
April 2026
Tickets are available from the COMEDIA Theatre here. No KVB ticket is included.
Tickets are available from the COMEDIA Theatre here. No KVB ticket is included.
Tickets are available from the COMEDIA Theatre here. No KVB ticket is included.
Tickets are available from the COMEDIA Theatre here. No KVB ticket is included.
May 2026
Tickets are available from the COMEDIA Theatre here. No KVB ticket is included.
Tickets are available from the COMEDIA Theatre here. No KVB ticket is included.
June 2026
Tickets are available from the COMEDIA Theatre here. No KVB ticket is included.
Tickets are available from the COMEDIA Theatre here. No KVB ticket is included.
Tickets are available from the COMEDIA Theatre here. No KVB ticket is included.
Tickets are available from the COMEDIA Theatre here. No KVB ticket is included.
September 2026
Curtain up: The festive reopening
October 2026
You can access the subscription presale here. Individual ticket sales start on 4 May 2026.
You can access the subscription presale here. Individual ticket sales start on 4 May 2026.
The individual ticket sale for this event will begin after the children's opera press conference in the second half of May.
The individual ticket sale for this event will begin after the children's opera press conference in the second half of May.
The individual ticket sale for this event will begin after the children's opera press conference in the second half of May.
The individual ticket sale for this event will begin after the children's opera press conference in the second half of May.
You can access the subscription presale here. Individual ticket sales start on 4 May 2026.
The individual ticket sale for this event will begin after the children's opera press conference in the second half of May.
The individual ticket sale for this event will begin after the children's opera press conference in the second half of May.
You can access the subscription presale here. Individual ticket sales start on 4 May 2026.
You can access the subscription presale here. Individual ticket sales start on 4 May 2026.
You can access the subscription presale here. Individual ticket sales start on 4 May 2026.
November 2026
The individual ticket sale for this event will begin after the children's opera press conference in the second half of May.
You can access the subscription presale here. Individual ticket sales start on 4 May 2026.
The individual ticket sale for this event will begin after the children's opera press conference in the second half of May.
The individual ticket sale for this event will begin after the children's opera press conference in the second half of May.
The individual ticket sale for this event will begin after the children's opera press conference in the second half of May.
The individual ticket sale for this event will begin after the children's opera press conference in the second half of May.
You can access the subscription presale here. Individual ticket sales start on 4 May 2026.
The individual ticket sale for this event will begin after the children's opera press conference in the second half of May.
December 2026
The individual ticket sale for this event will begin after the children's opera press conference in the second half of May.
The individual ticket sale for this event will begin after the children's opera press conference in the second half of May.
You can access the subscription presale here. Individual ticket sales start on 4 May 2026.
The individual ticket sale for this event will begin after the children's opera press conference in the second half of May.
You can access the subscription presale here. Individual ticket sales start on 4 May 2026.
January 2027
You can access the subscription presale here. Individual ticket sales start on 4 May 2026.
The individual ticket sale for this event will begin after the children's opera press conference in the second half of May.
Premiere
For children under 3 years accompanied by an adult
The individual ticket sale for this event will begin after the children's opera press conference in the second half of May.
For children under 3 years accompanied by an adult
The individual ticket sale for this event will begin after the children's opera press conference in the second half of May.
For children under 3 years accompanied by an adult
The individual ticket sale for this event will begin after the children's opera press conference in the second half of May.
For children under 3 years accompanied by an adult
The individual ticket sale for this event will begin after the children's opera press conference in the second half of May.
For children under 3 years accompanied by an adult
The individual ticket sale for this event will begin after the children's opera press conference in the second half of May.
For children under 3 years accompanied by an adult
The individual ticket sale for this event will begin after the children's opera press conference in the second half of May.
February 2027
You can access the subscription presale here. Individual ticket sales start on 4 May 2026.
March 2027
You can access the subscription presale here. Individual ticket sales start on 4 May 2026.
You can access the subscription presale here. Individual ticket sales start on 4 May 2026.
April 2027
Premiere
The individual ticket sale for this event will begin after the children's opera press conference in the second half of May.
The individual ticket sale for this event will begin after the children's opera press conference in the second half of May.
The individual ticket sale for this event will begin after the children's opera press conference in the second half of May.
The individual ticket sale for this event will begin after the children's opera press conference in the second half of May.
For children under 3 years accompanied by an adult
The individual ticket sale for this event will begin after the children's opera press conference in the second half of May.
For children under 3 years accompanied by an adult
The individual ticket sale for this event will begin after the children's opera press conference in the second half of May.
The individual ticket sale for this event will begin after the children's opera press conference in the second half of May.
For children under 3 years accompanied by an adult
The individual ticket sale for this event will begin after the children's opera press conference in the second half of May.
For children under 3 years accompanied by an adult
The individual ticket sale for this event will begin after the children's opera press conference in the second half of May.
For children under 3 years accompanied by an adult
The individual ticket sale for this event will begin after the children's opera press conference in the second half of May.
For children under 3 years accompanied by an adult
The individual ticket sale for this event will begin after the children's opera press conference in the second half of May.
The individual ticket sale for this event will begin after the children's opera press conference in the second half of May.
The individual ticket sale for this event will begin after the children's opera press conference in the second half of May.
The individual ticket sale for this event will begin after the children's opera press conference in the second half of May.
The individual ticket sale for this event will begin after the children's opera press conference in the second half of May.
The individual ticket sale for this event will begin after the children's opera press conference in the second half of May.
The individual ticket sale for this event will begin after the children's opera press conference in the second half of May.
May 2027
The individual ticket sale for this event will begin after the children's opera press conference in the second half of May.
The individual ticket sale for this event will begin after the children's opera press conference in the second half of May.
The individual ticket sale for this event will begin after the children's opera press conference in the second half of May.
June 2027
The individual ticket sale for this event will begin after the children's opera press conference in the second half of May.
The individual ticket sale for this event will begin after the children's opera press conference in the second half of May.
The individual ticket sale for this event will begin after the children's opera press conference in the second half of May.
Premiere
You can access the subscription presale here. Individual ticket sales start on 4 May 2026.
The individual ticket sale for this event will begin after the children's opera press conference in the second half of May.
The individual ticket sale for this event will begin after the children's opera press conference in the second half of May.
You can access the subscription presale here. Individual ticket sales start on 4 May 2026.
The individual ticket sale for this event will begin after the children's opera press conference in the second half of May.
You can access the subscription presale here. Individual ticket sales start on 4 May 2026.
The individual ticket sale for this event will begin after the children's opera press conference in the second half of May.
You can access the subscription presale here. Individual ticket sales start on 4 May 2026.
The individual ticket sale for this event will begin after the children's opera press conference in the second half of May.
The individual ticket sale for this event will begin after the children's opera press conference in the second half of May.
The individual ticket sale for this event will begin after the children's opera press conference in the second half of May.
You can access the subscription presale here. Individual ticket sales start on 4 May 2026.
The individual ticket sale for this event will begin after the children's opera press conference in the second half of May.
The individual ticket sale for this event will begin after the children's opera press conference in the second half of May.
The individual ticket sale for this event will begin after the children's opera press conference in the second half of May.
July 2027
You can access the subscription presale here. Individual ticket sales start on 4 May 2026.
You can access the subscription presale here. Individual ticket sales start on 4 May 2026.
The individual ticket sale for this event will begin after the children's opera press conference in the second half of May.
You can access the subscription presale here. Individual ticket sales start on 4 May 2026.
The individual ticket sale for this event will begin after the children's opera press conference in the second half of May.
The individual ticket sale for this event will begin after the children's opera press conference in the second half of May.
The individual ticket sale for this event will begin after the children's opera press conference in the second half of May.
The individual ticket sale for this event will begin after the children's opera press conference in the second half of May.
You can access the subscription presale here. Individual ticket sales start on 4 May 2026.
You can access the subscription presale here. Individual ticket sales start on 4 May 2026.
October 2025
Premiere
Reference to sensory stimuli: The performance includes rapidly changing lighting or strobe effects.
November 2025
Reference to sensory stimuli: The performance includes rapidly changing lighting or strobe effects.
Reference to sensory stimuli: The performance includes rapidly changing lighting or strobe effects.
2:15 p.m. WHOOSH: Introduction for families
Following the performance PLAUSCH AM BÜHNENRAND
Reference to sensory stimuli: The performance includes rapidly changing lighting or strobe effects.
2:15 p.m. WHOOSH: Introduction for families
Following the performance PLAUSCH AM BÜHNENRAND
December 2025
School classes should contact gruppen@buehnen.koeln directly
Reference to sensory stimuli: The performance includes rapidly changing lighting or strobe effects.
10:45 a.m. WHOOSH: Introduction for families
Following the performance PLAUSCH AM BÜHNENRAND
Reference to sensory stimuli: The performance includes rapidly changing lighting or strobe effects.
Reference to sensory stimuli: The performance includes rapidly changing lighting or strobe effects.
For blind and visually impaired visitors, we offer audio description during the performance and a tactile tour before the performance, from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. in Hall 3. To participate in the audio description and tactile tour, please register in advance at tickets@buehnen.koeln or +49 221 221 28400.
Reference to sensory stimuli: The performance includes rapidly changing lighting or strobe effects.
Reference to sensory stimuli: The performance includes rapidly changing lighting or strobe effects.
Reference to sensory stimuli: The performance includes rapidly changing lighting or strobe effects.
January 2026
Premiere
School classes interested in the mobile opera MAX AND MORITZ should contact gruppen@buehnen.koeln directly.
February 2026
Rheinische Musikschule – Regionalschule Ehrenfeld, Vogelsanger Straße 28-32, 50823 Köln-Ehrenfeld
Rheinische Musikschule – Regionalschule Ehrenfeld, Vogelsanger Straße 28-32, 50823 Köln-Ehrenfeld
Rheinische Musikschule – Regionalschule Ehrenfeld, Vogelsanger Straße 28-32, 50823 Köln-Ehrenfeld
March 2026
Rheinische Musikschule – Regionalschule Ehrenfeld, Vogelsanger Straße 28-32, 50823 Köln-Ehrenfeld
Rheinische Musikschule – Regionalschule Ehrenfeld, Vogelsanger Straße 28-32, 50823 Köln-Ehrenfeld
