Booklet: VOX HUMANA

Ukrainian composer, director, performer and art-manager. Born in 1989 in Zaporizhzhia. Studied composition in the Vienna University for music and performing arts. PhD student at the Artistic Research Center of the University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna.  Co-founder of PORTO FRANKO festival.  Co-founder of Opera aperta contemporary opera laboratory in Ukraine. Laureate of Shevchenko national Ukrainian art prize. Author of one of the best operas in the world according to Music Theater Now. Since 2015 together with Roman Grygoriv have created 11 music theatre works.

Ukrainian composer, conductor, director, performer, and art manager. Author of operas, chamber, vocal and symphonic works, music for plays and movies.  Born in 1984 in Ivano-Frankivsk. Since 2007 he has studied composition at the National Music Academy of Ukraine. Co-founder of PORTO FRANKO festival.  Co-founder of Opera aperta contemporary opera laboratory in Ukraine. He’s composing music for cinema, symphonic and chamber orchestras, vocals and choirs. Laureate of Shevchenko national Ukrainian art prize. Author of one of the best operas in the world according to Music Theater Now. Since 2014 he has been a member of the National Union of Composers of Ukraine. Since 2015 together with Illia Razumeiko have created 11 music theatre works.

Producer, cultural manager, co-founder of cultural and educational organisations in Ukraine. Was born in Crimea. Specializes in organizational development, project management, strategic planning, fundraising. General producer of Opera Aperta laboratory.  Co-founder of proto produkciia agency and NGO Insha Osvita. Co-founder of Antonin Artaud Fellowship for performing artists in Ukraine. Currently, exploring different formats of residencies and fellowships for upcoming artists – especially for those, who continue their work in Ukraine.

Performing arts producer based in Ukraine. Coordinator of the Antonin Artaud Fellowship for performing artists. Production coordinator and assistant director of the contemporary opera laboratory Opera Aperta, including productions GAIA-24. Opera del Mondo and MŌDRANIHT. Songs of Winter War, as well as international presentation of Ukrainian artistic projects.

Born in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine.

Develops and implements scenographic and costume concepts for drama, documentary theatre, as well as modern opera and ballet. Her portfolio includes collaborations with numerous venues across Ukraine and internationally, such as the Franko National Academic Drama Theater, Kyiv Academic Theater for Young Spectators in Lypky, Lesia Ukrainka Drama Theatre in Lviv, New Theatre on Pechersk, and Theatre Actor in Kyiv.

Currently, her practice is actively focused on the Ukrainian independent arts scene, alongside recurring collaborations with German theatres and collectives, including Theater der Keller, Theater Bonn, XXTANZTHEATER, Paradeiser Productions, Futur3, and others.

She has been working as a resident set and costume designer with Opera Aperta since its inception. Among her notable projects is the archaeological opera Chornobyldorf (directed by composers Roman Grygoriv and Illia Razumeiko), which was selected by Music Theatre NOW (MTNow) as one of the best contemporary operas worldwide.

Actress, singer, musician, voice-over actress, teacher, literary editor, Ukrainian language coach. Graduated from Kyiv national university of theatre, cinema and television (2015, acting) and Veriovka vocal school (2011, folk singing). Is co-owner of Gur-Gury Recording studio in Kyiv and co-founder of voice-over school.

In 2021, she graduated from the R. Glyera Academy of Music, currently a student at the Kyiv National Music Academy. In 2022, she studied under the Erasmus program at Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe. She performed as part of the Youth Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine, the Central European foreign youth orchestra, was an assistant of the German quartet “delian::quartett”, cellist of chamber ensembles such as “Mondestrunken”, “Druzi Baroko”, “Petrichor.quartet”.

Singer, graduated from the R. Glyer Academy of Music. Studied at the National Music Academy of Ukraine. Furthermore, has been teaching vocals since 2023. Director of the public organization “44700”, where I have been volunteering since 2022, organizing cultural charity events: concerts (“Classical concert on Spaska Street”, “Music of Unity”, etc.), film screenings, group vocal improvisations, in which I take a direct part as a singer or mentor.

Sofia Pavlichenko is a Ukrainian singer, actress, and musical theatre performer with over 12 years of international stage experience. She works across jazz cabaret, musical theatre, and contemporary vocal performance.

A former lead vocalist of Freedom Jazz Band, Sofia was a finalist in the 2019 Ukrainian Eurovision National Selection. She is currently a performing actress at the Kyiv National Academic Operetta Theatre, a performer in Opera Aperta projects, and a soloist with Legendary Rock Voices.

Her international performance experience includes stages across Europe, the United States, and beyond, combining powerful vocals, theatrical expression, and a distinctive contemporary stage presence.

Yuliia Vitraniuk is a folk music performer and singer, was born in Kyiv, Ukraine. From 2017 to 2023, she studied at the Faculty of Musical Arts at Kyiv National University of Culture and Arts, specializing in folklore. During her studies, she initiated her career as a folk vocalist, standing out not only by reproducing authentic songs but also by working with them, giving new forms to their sound. She participated in the 11th season of ‘The Voice of Ukraine’ and now she is a soloist in the folk-band Zgarda, a vocalist in the pop-folk musical project Authentix, and a member of the rock-folk band The Doox. In May 2023 Yuliia joined the team of the archaeological opera Chornobyldorf and has already performed with the opera  participants at a contemporary art festival in Frankfurt. Also in January 2024, she was on tour as part of the Chornobyldorf  opera at the Prototype festival (New York City, USA).

Valeria Vynohradova is a Ukrainian composer, performer of electronic music, and creator of audiovisual installations, originally from Berdyans’k. She is a graduate of the National Music Academy of Ukraine and the Hochschule für Musik Freiburg. Her works have been premiered in numerous countries and performed by ensembles and studios including Ensemble Recherche and SWR in Freiburg, the Hypnos at Conservatoire de Paris, and Ensemble 24. Valeriia is currently also active as a live-electronics artist and performer with Opera Aperta. In her artistic practice, she combines mathematical models with musical programming, exploring new forms of sound organization. Her approach has been shaped by the experimental ideas of Alvin Lucier and Harry Partch.

An actress, dancer, performer, movement coach. Toured through over 60 cities in China, Switzerland, Turkey with a dancing team as a choreographer and performer. For the last 5 years, continues her journey by exploring the world of the theatre. Actress-transformer, capable of impersonation both internally and externally. Dramatic, documentary, physical theater, opera – confidently transforms into any genre and any role. She is also a voice-over actress, working on educational health projects , projects for English learning, podcasts on cultural appropriation, as well as voice-over for TV series. Constantly touring through Europe with mono plays and movement laboratory workshops.

Originally from Brazil, I moved to Lisbon in 1996 and have lived in Berlin since 2003. After training as a Video and Television Producer and attending fine arts workshops, I began my career in costume at the Schaubühne Berlin in 2007. Since then, I have worked as a Costume and Props Assistant, supervisor, and Costume and Stage Designer with artists and institutions including Pina Bausch, Robert Wilson, Gob Squad, Constanza Macras/Dorky Park, Hebbel am Ufer, Maxim Gorki Theater and Thalia Theater. My work has been presented at renowned venues and festivals including Akademie der Künste, Haus der Berliner Festspiele, Volksbühne, BAM New York, Bauhaus Dessau, Charleroi Danse, Dansens Hus Oslo and Tanz im August. In 2012, I founded my own fashion label, MBC Berlin. Since 2019, I have worked mainly as a Costume and Stage Designer and have contributed to more than 50 productions, most recently Linie 1 at GRIPS Theater, Back to the Present at Volksbühne, Wahnsinn – Die Show, and VOX HUMANA at Neuköllner Oper.

DDennis Depta, born in Cottbus in 1988, is a dramaturg, performer, and musician. Since 2014, he has been part of the Berlin-based (music) theatre group glanz&krawall, with which he has been boldly seeking confrontation with the rest of society—from the high culture of opera to the poetic lostness of a solo entertainer in a village disco. Together with director Marielle Sterra, he brings formats from popular culture such as wrestling, circus, punk concerts, and horse racing into the theatre, while also increasingly taking theatre into urban spaces such as clubs, beach baths, and psychiatric institutions.

Since 2019, Depta and Sterra have initiated the inclusive theatre and music festival series BERLIN is not…, for which music acts and performing arts groups alike adapt operas by Richard Wagner & Co. KG for a broad audience. Since the 2025/2026 season, Depta has been dramaturg at the Neuköllner Oper in Berlin. He is also guitarist in the bands SCHROTTI STAR ORCHESTER and KANAL. Depta believes that art comes from wanting, not from ability.

Cara Freitag, born in Mainz, completed internships and worked as an assistant at Oper Wuppertal after finishing high school in 2016. She then studied theatre studies and philosophy in Berlin, while also working in the independent scene in the areas of directing and stage design. This was followed by various guest assistant positions, including in Dresden, Wuppertal, and Lucerne.

At the Neuköllner Oper, she is now accompanying VOX HUMANA as assistant director and production manager for her seventh production.