Around 30 children’s voices make St. Peter’s Church sing when the Singing School‘s A and B choirs perform their annual children’s opera. “David and Jonathan” by Gerd-Peter Münden is on Saturday, November 9th. Premiere at 5 p.m. in the Petrikirche on Pastor-Barnstein-Platz.
The children and young people between the ages of 9 and 14 take us to the time 1000 years before the birth of Christ, when King Saul’s people were in conflict with the Philistines. We meet the little shepherd boy David, who fights against the giant Goliath. He befriends Saul’s son Jonathan and is consecrated king himself. How will this affect their friendship?
The opera for children and adults is accompanied by an instrumental ensemble. The direction is by Wanja van Suntum, and the overall musical direction is by cantor Christoph Gerthner. Further performances of “David and Jonathan” will take place on Sunday, November 10th. at 5 p.m. and on Monday, November 11th. in the morning at 9:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. The performances on Monday are aimed exclusively at school classes.
Admission is €4 for children and €10 for adults. Tickets are available at the box office or can be reserved in advance at [email protected]. There are still tickets available, especially for Sunday. Entry is 30 minutes before the start. The children’s opera is supported by the Förderkreis Musik in Petri – Singschule und Kirchenmusik eV, the Kulturbetrieb Mülheim an der Ruhr, the Stiftung Jugend mit Zukunft eV and the Amateur Music Fund.
