Der zweite Kirschgarten
Der zweite Kirschgarten
BY WOLFGANG BÖHMER (MUSIK) AND MARTIN G. BERGER (TEXT) The cherry orchard is for sale! So, the second cherry orchard – here and now in Germany, 2025. This seems to be a good time for the whole family to come together once more, as so many memories are tied to it. But also to the […]
To 16. January 2026.
CRIME OF PASSION
CRIME OF PASSION
CRIME OF PASSION is the new work by non-binary Berlin based artist and musician Anthony Hüseyin. It examines femicide in opera, its historical roots, and its presence in our daily lives. Carmen, Salome and Violetta refuse to die again and again on stage. Instead, they reclaim their narratives, offering an ancestral, musical, and spiritual resistance. […]
To 07. December 2025.
Inner Monologue / Misspiece
Inner Monologue / Misspiece
With Poland as guest country, BAM! is dedicating itself this year to a nation that exerted decisive influence on the international theater avant-garde. This performance-oriented evening proves that theater in Poland has lost none of its rigor and intensity. Exploring the role of the body and the role of language from various angles, it also […]
To 21. November 2025.
1000 AIRPLANES ON THE ROOF
1000 AIRPLANES ON THE ROOF
1000 Airplanes on the Roof by Philipp Glass and David Henry Hwang portrays a woman, M. who has been abducted by aliens and returns to a life that doesn’t make sense anymore. Working with an all FLINTA+ team, director Paige Eakin Young stays far away from a parable of being kidnapped. Together with performer and […]
To 09. November 2025.
HUNTER
HUNTER
A group of eight players meet on a basketball court. The referee blows the whistle. The game starts. Something bounces. It could be a ball. It could also be a beat. Are we witnessing a joyful game? Or are we part of a hunt for humanity? For HUNTER Flemish director, composer and multidisciplinary artist Liesa […]
To 05. October 2025.
STUDIO 66
STUDIO 66
6 artists × 11 minutes = Studio 66!To kick off the new season, Neuköllner Oper invites six solo artists and collectives who will appear in various productions during the 2025/26 season to present 11-minute miniature performances. These pieces offer insight into their artistic approaches – and a preview of what’s to come in the upcoming […]
To 14. September 2025.
BIG IN NEUKÖLLN
BIG IN NEUKÖLLN
Noise, engines, basslines, sirens. In Neukölln, every day is grand opera.People who never meant to meet collide on Karl-Marx-Boulevard and in the Passage. Thousands of deaths are being died – and at the same time, life is celebrated in a polyphonic cacophony. But what are the arias, recitatives, choruses, and undertones of Neukölln? The sweaty, […]
To 14. September 2025.
PANDORAS PODCAST
PANDORAS PODCAST
The box is rattling: For far too long, Pandora has been blamed for all the world’s misfortunes. But that’s all over now. And now is exactly the right time for a change of image – the battle has begun! While Zeus is still battling Elon for world domination, Pandora is offering a self-care retreat in […]
To 22. July 2025.
DIGITAL SINS #3: ENVY & GREED
DIGITAL SINS #3: ENVY & GREED
Envy and greed are booming. Instagram, Pinterest and co. are built on this, ‘captivating’ their users with promises of wealth and fame and generating new professions such as influencers and content creators. But does that make you happier?
To 16. July 2025.
TANGER AMOR MÍO
TANGER AMOR MÍO
Himmel über Neukölln #1: A Spanish-German-Moroccan story by Albert Tola, Bernhard Glocksin (text) and Malte Giesen (music)
To 12. July 2025.
DIGITAL SINS #4: LUST & GLUTTONY
DIGITAL SINS #4: LUST & GLUTTONY
Don Giovanni (from Mozart’s world-famous opera) is in despair: What’s going on here, in this new, digitally subjugated world?
To 07. July 2025.
Halber Mond & Holy Bitch!
Halber Mond & Holy Bitch!
Himmel über Neukölln #2: Greek-German myth-music-cabaret by Elli Papakonstantinou & a text by Ronald Schimmelpfennig staged by Karoline Gable
To 02. July 2025.
