{"id":21517,"date":"2025-07-23T11:58:35","date_gmt":"2025-07-23T09:58:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.neukoellneroper.de\/?post_type=play&#038;p=21517"},"modified":"2026-02-23T10:02:45","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T09:02:45","slug":"big-in-neukolln","status":"publish","type":"play","link":"https:\/\/www.neukoellneroper.de\/en\/performance\/big-in-neukolln\/","title":{"rendered":"BIG IN NEUK\u00d6LLN"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img width=\"1100\" height=\"730\" loading=\"lazy\"src=\"https:\/\/www.neukoellneroper.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/keyvisual-1-1100x730.jpg\" alt=\"Theatre collective Glanz&amp;Krawall at the passage in front of Neuk\u00f6llner Oper. The performers are wearing clourful, baroque-like costumes, there is a lsmall pink piano and the slogan &quot;Super Oper&quot;.\" class=\"wp-image-21611\" style=\"aspect-ratio:16\/9;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.neukoellneroper.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/keyvisual-1-1100x730.jpg 1100w, https:\/\/www.neukoellneroper.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/keyvisual-1-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.neukoellneroper.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/keyvisual-1-1536x1019.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.neukoellneroper.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/keyvisual-1-50x33.jpg 50w, https:\/\/www.neukoellneroper.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/keyvisual-1.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1100px) 100vw, 1100px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">\u00a9 Murat Aslan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Noise, engines, basslines, sirens. In Neuk\u00f6lln, every day is grand opera.<br>People who never meant to meet collide on Karl-Marx-Boulevard and in the Passage. Thousands of deaths are being died \u2013 and at the same time, life is celebrated in a polyphonic cacophony. But what are the arias, recitatives, choruses, and undertones of Neuk\u00f6lln? The sweaty, meaty thud of a wrestler\u2019s body hitting the mat? The a cappella of an amateur choir? Or the roar of tuned-up engines as cruisers loop around the boulevard?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"BIG IN NEUK\u00d6LLN. Die Super-Oper von glanz&amp;krawall (Trailer)\" width=\"1680\" height=\"945\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tFcaOULzZLk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><section class=\"cookie-wall\"><h2 class=\"widget-title\">Here you will find content from an external source.<\/h2>\t\t\t<div class=\"textwidget\"><p>This website uses cookies &#8211; you can find more information about this and your rights as a user in our <a href=\"\/en\/datenschutz\/\">privacy policy<\/a> at the end of the page. Click on &#8220;I agree&#8221; to accept cookies and visit our website directly.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"#CCM.openWidget\">Cookies bearbeiten<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-accordion-widget allow-multiple allow-close-all\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-accordion-item\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">More<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-accordion-item-content\">\n<p>With their open-air spectacle&nbsp;BIG IN NEUK\u00d6LLN, music theatre group<em>&nbsp;glanz&amp;krawall<\/em>&nbsp;brings out the voices, songs, and sounds of the Kiez in all their grandeur. Together with&nbsp;Sir Henry on the keys, they transform the Passagenhof into an opera arena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the&nbsp;Sunlight Sessions, everyday folks, fringe figures, and night creatures take the mic with their own sounds \u2013 and become opera stars. There\u2019s singing, rapping, beatboxing, karaoke machines firing up, and lots of playing and improvising together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A spectacle to watch and join in \u2013 free of charge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To form the \u201cNeuk\u00f6lln Orchestra for the City of Neuk\u00f6lln,\u201d we ask all audience members to bring instruments, bicycle bells, beer bottles, or their own voices to the weekend event to become part of a unique courtyard symphony with a melody, rhythm, or riff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-accordion-widget allow-multiple allow-close-all\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-accordion-item\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Team<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-accordion-item-content\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><strong>WITH<\/strong>Chrissi Hilkens, Dennis Depta, Felix Witzlau, Marielle Sterra, Raissa Kankelfitz and Sir Henry<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>LINE UP <\/strong>Christian Schwaan, Die Schlangenknaben, Die T\u00fcten aus der Verwaltung (Theater Tikwa), Horst und Heinz, Junge Neuk\u00f6llner Oper, Kaey, die Kindern Ida und Pauli, Landesjugendensemble Neue Musik, Lovegaze, Miss Lola Rose, Quartierchor Nachtigall, SVA Musical der Musikschule Neuk\u00f6lln, TAM, die Wrestler*innen Eddy Eggers, Max, Orlando Silva, Vanja and X-Berg Kiz Meslek Chor<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>DIRECTION &amp; CONCEPT <\/strong>glanz&amp;krawall <strong>MUSICAL DIRECTION<\/strong> Sir Henry <strong>Set design<\/strong> Raissa Kankelfitz <strong>SOUND DESIGN<\/strong> Martin Lutz <strong>SOUND <\/strong>Benjamin Graf <strong>PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT<\/strong> Terrence Johnson<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-fcfc-7-f-background-color has-background\"><strong>LANGUAGES <\/strong>English and German<br><br><strong>NOTE <\/strong>Free entrance, no ticket necessary; in the Passage<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Funded by Hauptstadtkulturfonds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" loading=\"lazy\"src=\"https:\/\/www.neukoellneroper.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Hauptstadtkulturfonds_Logo_quer-1024x576-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21523\" style=\"width:310px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.neukoellneroper.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Hauptstadtkulturfonds_Logo_quer-1024x576-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.neukoellneroper.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Hauptstadtkulturfonds_Logo_quer-1024x576-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.neukoellneroper.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Hauptstadtkulturfonds_Logo_quer-1024x576-1-50x28.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Noise, engines, basslines, sirens. 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