Almost every third day in Germany, a woman is killed because of her gender. The perpetrators are always men, most often from the immediate social environment. These murders represent the catastrophic, dehumanizing endpoint of psychological and physical violence against partners and ex-partners, daughters, and mothers within patriarchy. Femicide is carried out under the societal guise of “crimes of passion.” On stages across the country, femicides are additionally presented night after night as a “good murder,” a “beautiful murder,” as it is called in Alban Berg’s opera Wozzeck.
The music theatre performance CRIME OF PASSION by Berlin-based performer and singer Anthony Hüseyin investigates the killing of women on the opera stage, its historical roots, and its presence in our everyday lives. Fatma Aydemir, Alvina Chamberland, and Martha-Luise Urbanek also engage with violence against FLINTA+ in their artistic, literary, performative, and journalistic practices – both on a personal and structural level. On the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, and following Hüseyin’s performance, they will collectively approach the topic of femicide in a talk on November 25.
