Anna Melcher
Chief Dramaturg
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Anna Melcher was born in Krefeld and studied German Literature, Philosophy, Politics and Law at the University of Bonn, where she co-founded the theatre company “Gedankenstriche”. Before her first state exams in law and during her clerkship at the Court of Appeal in Berlin, she had already worked as an Assistant Dramaturg at the Berliner Ensemble (for Christoph Schlingensief, Klaus Emmerich, Carl Hegemann and others), as an Assistant Director and Dramaturg at the Volksbühne Berlin (with Jürgen Kruse and others), as an editor for publisher Kiepenheuer & Witsch on the book about Christoph Schlingensief’s project ‘Chance 2000’, in Berlin’s Department of Culture and subsequently for a year at Berlin’s Staatsoper Unter den Linden on the staff of the General Manager. Following her second state exams in law in 2000, she became Personal Assistant to the Artistic Director of Kiel Opera Kirsten Harms, while also working as a freelance dramaturg. From 2002/03, she was engaged by Städtische Bühnen Osnabrück as Music Dramaturg for operas and concerts, and she also worked as a visiting lecturer in the Music department at Osnabruck University. At the beginning of the 2005/06, she joined Staatstheater Oldenburg as Chief Dramaturg for Music Theatre, becoming Associate to the Artistic Director and Dramaturg for Opera and Theatre from 2006/07. She then moved at the beginning of 2008/09 to the Musiktheater im Revier in Gelsenkirchen, to become Chief Dramaturg and Deputy to the Artistic Director Michael Schulz, before joining the Semperoper Dresden in the summer of 2014 as Chief Dramaturg and Deputy to the Director in artistic matters.
Anna Melcher became Chief Dramaturg at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein at the beginning of the 2019/20 season.
Anna Melcher became Chief Dramaturg at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein at the beginning of the 2019/20 season.
Mon 17.02.2025
Opernhaus Düsseldorf – Foyer
17:00 - 17:45
Opera Workshop Opera
Sat 22.02.2025
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
19:30 - 22:30
Premiere Opera
Wed 26.02.2025
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
19:30 - 22:30
Circle of Friends-Premiere Opera
Sat 08.03.2025
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
19:30 - 22:30
Opera
Tue 18.03.2025
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
19:30 - 22:30
Opera
Sun 30.03.2025
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
15:00 - 18:00
Opera
Afterwards: Nachgefragt
Fri 18.04.2025
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
18:30 - 21:30
Opera
Sat 03.05.2025
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
19:30 - 22:30
For the last time this season Opera
Thu 23.01.2025
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
19:30 - 21:45
Revival Opera
Sun 26.01.2025
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
15:00 - 17:15
Opera
Sat 01.02.2025
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
19:30 - 21:45
Opera
Sat 01.03.2025
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
19:30 - 21:45
Opera
Sun 16.03.2025
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
18:30 - 20:45
Opera
Sat 05.04.2025
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
19:30 - 21:45
For the last time this season Opera
Tue 26.11.2024
Opernhaus Düsseldorf – Foyer
18:00 - 18:45
Opera Workshop Opera
Sun 01.12.2024
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
18:30 - 21:00
Premiere Opera
Sat 07.12.2024
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
19:30 - 22:00
Circle of Friends-Premiere Opera
Sat 14.12.2024
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
19:30 - 22:00
Opera
Afterwards: Nachgefragt
Fri 27.12.2024
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
19:30 - 22:00
Opera
Sun 12.01.2025
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
18:30 - 21:00
Opera
Wed 15.01.2025
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
19:30 - 22:00
For the last time this season Opera
Fri 04.10.2024
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
19:30 - 21:00
Revival Opera
Fri 25.10.2024
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
19:30 - 21:00
Opera
Fri 15.11.2024
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
19:30 - 21:00
For the last time this season Opera
Sat 28.09.2024
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
19:30 - 22:30
Revival Opera
Wed 02.10.2024
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
19:30 - 22:30
Opera
Sun 13.10.2024
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
18:30 - 21:30
Opera
Sat 26.10.2024
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
19:30 - 22:30
Family card Opera
Thu 14.11.2024
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
19:30 - 22:30
Opera
Wed 04.12.2024
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
19:30 - 22:30
Opera
Tue 20.05.2025
Theater Duisburg – Opernfoyer
18:00 - 18:45
Opera Workshop Opera
Sat 24.05.2025
Theater Duisburg
19:30 - 22:30
Premiere Opera
Wed 28.05.2025
Theater Duisburg
19:30 - 22:30
Opera
Fri 13.06.2025
Theater Duisburg
19:30 - 22:30
Opera
Afterwards: Nachgefragt
Wed 25.06.2025
Theater Duisburg
19:30 - 22:30
Opera
Thu 03.07.2025
Theater Duisburg
19:30 - 22:30
For the last time this season Opera
Fri 20.09.2024
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
19:30 - 22:15
Revival Opera
Sun 22.09.2024
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
18:30 - 21:15
Opera
Fri 27.09.2024
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
19:30 - 22:15
Opera
Sat 05.10.2024
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
19:30 - 22:15
Opera
Sat 02.11.2024
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
19:30 - 22:15
Opera
Thu 07.11.2024
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
19:30 - 22:15
Opera
Sat 23.11.2024
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
18:00 - 20:45
Family card Opera
Wed 11.12.2024
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
19:30 - 22:15
For the last time this season Opera
Fri 06.09.2024
Theater Duisburg
20:00 - 22:30
Concert