DIE RHEINNIXEN

At Halloween 2025, Gothic Opera returned to Battersea Arts Centre's Grand Hall with supernatural tale Die Rheinnixen (The Nixies of the Rhine) by Offenbach.

Fully staged for the first time in the UK, with a newly written arrangement for chamber orchestra, our production was set in the postwar chaos of the short-lived Weimar Republic, with visuals inspired by the dream factory of German expressionist cinema and the political poster art of the period.

  • ★★★★ “Once again, they have pulled off a triumph”
    Bachtrack

    ★★★★ “This was music that was well worth hearing and received impressive performances from a cast of talented young singers”
    Mark Aspen

    ★★★★ “This is the first full staging of Die Rheinnixen (The Nixies of the Rhine) in the UK, and this production certainly leaves audiences wondering why”
    The Reviews Hub

    ★★★★ “on attend avec impatience les prochaines productions du Gothic Opera”
    Forum Opera

    ★★★★ “Perfectly eerie... I’d certainly keep Halloween 2026 free for a suitably spooky evening of music”
    The Stage

  • 30 Oct and 1 Nov
    Armgard: Hannah O'Brien
    Hedwig: Katie Stevenson
    Franz: Sam Utley
    Conrad von Wenckheim: Samuel Lom
    Gottfried: Dominic Felts

    31 Oct and 2 Nov
    Armgard: Alice Usher
    Hedwig: Mae Heydorn
    Franz: Sam Utley*
    Conrad von Wenckheim: Owain Gwynfryn
    Gottfried: Harrison Gration

    Chorus: Emily Rooke, Anusha Merrin, Hannah Morley, Cicely-Yishuo Hé, Alexander White, Lars Fischer, Chris Murphy, Maximilian Catalano

    Violin 1: Flora Fontanelli
    Violin 2: Lorenzo Narici
    Viola: Noemi Foschi
    Cello: Corinna Boylan
    Harp: Veronika Lemishenko
    Flute: Pedro Lopez Campos
    Bassoon: Holly Redshaw

    *For personal reasons, Jamie Formoy has withdrawn from singing the role of Franz, although he will continue to cover the role. We are grateful to Sam Utley for performing the role of Franz at all four performances.

  • Director: Max Hoehn
    Set & Costume Designer: Isabella van Braeckel
    Lighting Designer: Luca Panetta
    Animator: Amber Cooper-Davies

    Conductor: Hannah von Wiehler
    Arranger: Leon Haxby
    Assistant Conductor: Lucia Švecová
    Répétiteur / Assistant Conductor: Alex Norton

    Producer: Helene Mathiesen
    Production Manager: Carrie Croft
    Production Manager: Banu Atca
    Stage Manager: Cora Frank
    Deputy Stage Manager: Vendy Pospisilova
    Costume Supervisor: Katie Higgins
    Wardrobe Assistant: Pasha Taylor-Hanson
    Graphic Designer: Max Dabbs
    Production Photography: Craig Fuller

This performance is given by permission of Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers Limited.

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