REBECCA from autumn 2026 at the Theater Dortmund

REBECCA Sujet Dortmund © VBW / Oper Dortmund

REBECCA makes its debut at a German opera house. The premiere is on 19 September 2026. The production runs until 10 April 2027.

The popular VBW musical thriller is coming to Dortmund. Since its premiere on 28 January 2006 at the Raimund Theater in Vienna, the musical by 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 coming to the Theater Dortmund in a thrilling new production by Gil Mehmert, making its debut at a German municipal theatre.

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

Ticket sales begin on 30 June 2026.

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. 

© VBW / Deen Van Meer
© VBW / Deen Van Meer

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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