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Ente, Tod und Tulpe
January 14, 2027
Staatstheater Hannover
Ballhof 2, Hannover
Demis Volpi will direct Ente, Tod und Tulpe at Staatsoper Hannover. Based on Wolf Erlbruch’s beloved picture book and set to music by Leopold Dick, the production explores life, mortality and friendship through music, dance and theatre. Created for audiences aged five and above, it approaches one of life’s most profound questions with poetry, imagination and humour. The production will be Demis Volpi’s first collaboration with Staatsoper Hannover.Photo: © Jan Falkenberg
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Guillaume Tell
January 14, 2027
Staatsoper Hamburg / Hamburg Ballett
Großes Haus, Hamburg
Originally premiered at the Opéra de Lyon in October 2019, Tobias Kratzer's acclaimed production of Gioachino Rossini's Guillaume Tell, featuring choreography by Demis Volpi, comes to Hamburg. A coproduction with the Opéra National de Paris, the staging explores themes of freedom, oppression and resistance. The Hamburg performances bring together the Staatsoper Hamburg and dancers of the Hamburg Ballett, with musical direction by Susanna Mälkki.Further information and performance dates >>
Photo: © Stofleth
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It's about time
March 20, 2027
Mainfranken Theater Dance Company
Kleines Haus, Würzburg
Demis Volpi will create a new work for the Mainfranken Theater Dance Company as part of It's about time, a triple bill featuring choreographies by Dominique Dumais, Lesley Telford and Demis Volpi. His contribution will explore the deeply personal experience of time: how a moment can seem to last forever, while entire years pass in the blink of an eye. The creation marks his first collaboration with the company. -
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CREATIONS XVI–XIX
April 16, 2027
The Stuttgart Ballet
Schauspielhaus Stuttgart
Demis Volpi will return to The Stuttgart Ballet to create a new work as part of CREATIONS XVI–XIX. The premiere marks ten years since Death in Venice, his last world premiere for the company. The return also reconnects him with a theatre that was his artistic home for fifteen years.Further information and performance dates can be found here on the Stuttgart Ballet website. >>
Photo: © Roman Novitzky
selected works
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Surrogate Cities
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The thing with feathers
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one and others
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