comPOSITION
comPOSITION
The two finalist teams of the Berliner Opernpreis present their works: the development, composition and staging of a half-hour musical theater each, inspired by two short stories by the much-discussed author and criminal defense lawyer Ferdinand von Schirach: Subotnik (Libretto based on motifs by Ferdinand von Schirach) is about the first trial of a young, […]
To 26. June 2022.
WANTED! The WESTERN STORY Of The NEUKÖLLNER OPER KINDER KLUB
WANTED! The WESTERN STORY Of The NEUKÖLLNER OPER KINDER KLUB
Big River – a small town in the Wild West – mirrors our society just like the Big City Berlin: Everything runs quietly along its course – until 2 old acquaintances return from abroad. The balance tips. Within a very short time everyone wants to see everyone on this poster:WANTED. How do we get to […]
To 15. May 2022.
Wunderkammer V: Musik im Kopf
Wunderkammer V: Musik im Kopf
Music! What would life be without music? But where does it come from? Is it inscribed in our DNA? What happens when we listen and play, what roles do the head and body play here? And what can current research tell us about this?In this new Wunderkammer, too, we ourselves – audience, musicians and speakers […]
To 11. May 2022.
LILI
LILI
From the perspective of the last hour of the composer Lili Boulanger, LILI shows episodes, small moments, deep feelings and tense relationships of the important musician – interwoven with her music and the cantata “Faust et Hélène”.
To 19. May 2022.
WUNDERKAMMER II:
Die Träume des Alexander von Humboldt
WUNDERKAMMER II:
Die Träume des Alexander von Humboldt
Encountering the world differently – with two of the “oldest senses” we have: hearing and smelling. What experiences and images does music, interwoven with the sense of smell, carry us to? What reflections of “the world” and oneself emerge when we – as an offer, not an obligation – close our eyes? The inspiration and […]
To 19. March 2022.
Eine Stimme für Deutschland
Eine Stimme für Deutschland
The musical bill at super election year
To 25. February 2022.
Ist das Zukunft oder kann das Weg?
Ist das Zukunft oder kann das Weg?
We look back on a year with various digital prototypes, with which we explored the potential of digitization and AI for music theater in the oper.digital series according to the trial and error principle. In the last Lab in 2021, we ask ourselves together with musicians, developers and the audience: What is the artistic added […]
Der Mann der sich Beethoven nannte
Der Mann der sich Beethoven nannte
Award-winning author Moritz Rinke, director Mathias Schönsee, and the transcultural Trickster Orchestra interweave humorous drama with the musical cosmos of Beethoven – challenging Western-White-European musical history in an un-heard-of way.
To 06. January 2022.
WUNDERKAMMER IV: Wunderwerk körper
WUNDERKAMMER IV: Wunderwerk körper
In this new Wunderkammer episode from NKO and the Ernst Schering Foundation, we invite you to change your perspective on what makes us tick: body and mind. How much personal and societal potential lies dormant in also understanding health and the body as the marvels of refined systems designed to balance, heal and connect? For […]
To 14. November 2021.
Which Beethoven are you?
Which Beethoven are you?
With the Beethoven personality test by Trickster Orchestra and kling klang klong, anyone can compose: The test (supported by a specially programmed app) playfully makes different personality types sound in an individual way. In LAB 3 on November 1, we celebrate the start of this new collective musical adventure of our oper.digital series with an […]
BERLIN KARL-MARX-PLATZ
BERLIN KARL-MARX-PLATZ
BERLIN KARL-MARX-PLATZ ist der dritte Teil von Hakan Savaş Micans Stadt-Trilogie: Ein Singspiel über das Verschwinden der Arbeiter*innenklasse und eine Liebeserklärung an viele verloren gegangene Träume der 90er in Berlin. Ein Singspiel über das Verschwinden der Arbeiter*innenklasse und eine Liebeserklärung an viele verloren gegangene Träume der 90er in Berlin.
To 14. November 2021.
WUNDERKAMMER-Series
WUNDERKAMMER-Series
Eine neue Erlebnisreihe auf der Suche nach neuen Erfahrungsräumen von Musik und Narration.
