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Komische Oper Berlin: Nils Holgersson's Wondrous Adventures

  • Schiller Theatre 110 Bismarckstraße Berlin, BE, 10625 Germany (map)

Nils Holgersson's Wondrous Adventures: Elena Kats-Chernin

Children’s opera in two acts (2023)

Libretto by Susanne Felicitas Wolf based on the novel by Selma Lagerlöf

World premiere on November 12, 2023

Musical Direction: Erina Yashima

Production: Ruth Brauer-Kvam

Children’s Choir: Children's Choir of the Komische Oper Berlin

Children’s Choir Leader: Dagmar Barbara Fiebach

Cast:

Nils Holgersson: Casper Krieger

Marten: Edward Lee

Akka, leader of bird migration: Sylvia Rena Ziegler

Smirre, Fox: Timo Schabel

Down Fine: Alma Sadé

Ysätters-Kajsa / Farmer's wife: Elisabeth Wrede

Karen Nilsson/Lillemor: Julia Schaffenrath

Ville Vätte / Olle: Philipp Meierhöfer

Holger Nilsson: Carsten Sabrowski

Chorus of Rats/ Chorus of Seabird Children: Children’s Choir of the Komische Oper Berlin