Norbert Kaulhausen

Norbert Kaulhausen has been associated with the Deutsche Oper im Rhein since the 1967/68 season - initially with appearances in the children's choir made up of members of the boys' choir of the Mercator-Gymnasium Duisburg in “Der Wildschütz” (Lortzing), “Boris Gudonow” (Mussorgsky), “Carmen” (Bizet) and others. After his voice broke, he became a member of the extras of the Deutsche Oper am Rhein. In addition to numerous small roles, he also took on performances such as the tame crocodile in “L'Italiana in Algeri” (Rossini), Majordomus in “La fille du Régiment” (Donizetti), officer and council servant in “Zar und Zimmermann” (Lortzing) and Escribano in “Le nozze di Figaro” (Mozart). He has been head of the Duisburg extras department of the Deutsche Oper am Rhein since 1991. After studying to become a teacher of music and politics, which also enabled him to train in singing and dance, Norbert Kaulhausen has been working as a teacher at a grammar school in Willich since 1990, where he has performed several children's musicals that he wrote and directed himself and was responsible for the direction, choreography and the role of Doolittle in a series of performances of “My Fair Lady”.