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Child with a trumpet stands in a miniature landscape; view from above
Premiere

Stockhausen for children: Michael's journey

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Karlheinz Stockhausen
Saturday, 04/11/2026 15:00 OPERA STABILE der Hamburgischen Staatsoper

Instrumental theater for the whole family: The opera stabile transforms into a spaceship and takes the audience on a journey into the cosmos. The trumpeter Michael and his crew travel through the infinite expanses of space and discover all kinds of unknown things.


Elisabeth Stöppler's production Stockhausen for Children: Michael's Journey gives children from the age of 6 as well as adults sensory access to Karlheinz Stockhausen's cycle Licht, a monumental work of the recent musical avant-garde. Together with Michael, played by a solo trumpet, the audience embarks on a fantastic journey around the world, diving deep into the infinite vastness of the universe and into rarely heard sounds.


Soloist version of Michael's journey for one trumpeter, 9 players and sound director from Thursday of Light. Music, libretto, actions and gestures by Karlheinz Stockhausen (1978/84)


Performers
Sound director - Kathinka Pasveer
Staging - Elisabeth Stöppler
Stage design - Valentin Köhler
Costumes - Valentin Köhler, Winnie Janke
Video - Vincent Stefan
Dramaturgy - Laura Schmidt
Solo trumpet - Paul Hübner
1st basset horn - Paula Brecht Basset horn - Paula Breland
1. Clarinet - Xinyu Liao
2. Clarinet / 2nd basset horn / bass clarinet - Roman Gerber
Trombone / tenor tuba - Alexandr Belogurov
Alto flute - Lauriane Boulezaz
1. Percussion - Oscar Tudge
2. Percussion - Zilong Jiang
1. Synthesizer - Patricia Martins
2. Synthesizer / electronic organ - Igor Andrić
Players - musicians from the HfMT

Tickets are available on the website of the Hamburg State Opera available.


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