REBECCA at the Theater Dortmund

REBECCA in Dortmund 2026 © Björn Hickmann

REBECCA makes its debut at a German opera house. 

The popular VBW musical thriller premiered in Dortmund on 19 September 2026. 

Since its world premiere on 28 January 2006 at the Raimund Theatre in Vienna, the show – penned by the successful duo Sylvester Levay and Michael Kunze – has been thrilling audiences around the globe. Now, the VBW’s own production of REBECCA, based on the novel of the same name by Daphne du Maurier, is being staged at the Dortmund Opera in a gripping new production by Gil Mehmert, marking its first appearance at a German municipal theatre. The production runs until 10 April 2027.

THE CAST

Ich - ANTONIA KALINOWSKI
Maxim de Winter - MARK SEIBERT [P] / JAN AMMANN
Mrs. Danvers - BETTINA MÖNCH
Jack Favell - DAVID JAKOBS [P] / ANDREAS SCHNEIDER
Mrs. van Hopper - AMANI ROBINSON
Frank Crawley - MARKUS SCHNEIDER [P] / ANDREAS SCHNEIDER
Beatrice - ALEXANDRA FARKIC
Ben- MAXIMILIAN LOCHMÜLLER

Ensemble
Martin Planz (Oberst), Florian Soyka (Giles), Eveline Gorter, Anna Elisa Abt, Alina Adam, Jeremy Allen, Jerome-Joseph Clemons, Sofia Elena Coretti, Isabella Kanani Fischer, Jan-Marten Gerve, Tamino Herzog, Marie Ploner, Lucia Prader-Pscheidl, Adriano Sanzó, Christina Verrieth, Tim Weidemann

Swings
Carina Leopold, Ivan Keim

Almost 2.9 million visitors across 15 countries

REBECCA has already attracted a total of almost 2.9 million visitors across 15 countries and in 12 languages. Since its world premiere, this dark, top-class VBW musical thriller has been staged in Finland, Germany, Belgium, the UK, Hungary, Japan, China, Romania, Russia, Serbia, South Korea, Sweden, Switzerland and the Czech Republic, and returned in 2022 in a new production – also directed by Francesca Zambello – to its premiere venue, the Raimund Theatre in Vienna. 

REBECCA in Dortmund 2026 © Björn Hickmann
REBECCA in Dortmund 2026 © Björn Hickmann

Romance, dark secrets and eerie suspense

The story begins in 1926 in a hotel in Monte Carlo, where ‘I’, acting as a chaperone to the wealthy American Mrs Van Hopper, meets Maxim de Winter, who has recently lost his wife. A romantic relationship quickly develops between ‘I’ and Maxim, leading to their marriage. After a romantic honeymoon in Venice, the couple return to Maxim’s estate, Manderley, in Cornwall, where ‘I’ is confronted by the constant presence of Maxim’s late first wife, Rebecca, and the manipulative housekeeper, Mrs Danvers. The love story at Manderley gradually unfolds into a gripping thriller full of intrigue and dark surprises.

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