retrospect – Page 9 – Neuköllner Oper Berlin

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He had a relationship with her for years after the first failed childhood love. Growing up at the gates of Dresden, Eric Stehfest came into contact with the party drug Crystal Meth at the age of 14 in Neustadt…

Premiere on 11. April 2019.
To 19. May 2019.

ist die welt auch noch so schön

Mr. K. died. Nobody noticed. Nobody knew more about him than the fleeting greetings in passing about a human being. That and the music, he heard. Operetta music…

Premiere on 09. May 2019.
To 09. May 2019.

Elfie

The whole city is talking about Elfie. But she really doesn’t care. Because it’s not true, because no one understands, because no one is interested in what drives and what suffocates her about these people and this city.

Premiere on 31. January 2019.
To 03. March 2019.

Ocaña, Queen of the Ramblas

Barcelona, you gorgeous and rebellious city, what has happened to you and your stars? At a conference for urban history in Berlin, a speaker remembers the “wild” years in the 1970s, when Spain dared to free itself from the rigidity of Franco’s dictatorship, the counterculture whose illustrious star Ocaña, the artist, rebel and drag queen: Ocaña

Premiere on 12. December 2018.
To 25. January 2019.

Der Diktator

92 years after the premiere, the young director Ariane Kareev questions the contemporary contexts of manipulation and seduction in politics and in private life in her thesis production.

Premiere on 07. November 2018.
To 05. December 2018.

Stella

Stella is 20 years old when Hitler decrees that Berlin is to be finally made “free from Jews”. Stella is blond and young and beautiful and wants to become a singer. Or a film star, like Marlene Dietrich. But the Goldschlag family does not receive a visa. Instead of her dream of a big career, Stella gets a yellow star

Premiere on 04. October 2018.
To 04. November 2018.

Affe.

Black to blue, that is the dawn over Berlin in the already legendary lines of text by Peter Fox about the way back home through grubby streets after a night of excessive partying. For F., the hero of the piece, the blue of the day beginning turns back into black. He passes out – and wakes up surrounded by the whiteness of a clinic…World Premiere 23.11.2016

Premiere on 09. June 2018.
To 18. July 2018.

A Live Talk

The city is on fire but Nero’s good mood show offers his audience exactly what they need the most in these chaotic days: a good feeling…World Premiere 17.05.2018

Premiere on 17. May 2018.
To 01. July 2018.

Take it or leave it!

Two Award-Winning Works from the 2018 Berlin Opera Prize
May 25 and 26, 8:00 pm, St. Elizabeth Church (Mitte)

Premiere on 25. May 2018.
To 26. May 2018.

Welcome to Hell

Hamburg hosting the world – and it could have been so lovely, if it wasn’t for the G20 summit…

Premiere on 15. March 2018.
To 22. April 2018.

Rette uns, Okichi!

Okichi is supposed to save everything: the modern government, the old empire and, most of all, the entire country of Japan. Unfortunately, this girl neither wants to grant the government’s wish and serve as a geisha to the U.S. consul nor interest in dealing with the gaijin with a swift stab to the back, as Yoshida, a samurai loyal to the empire demands. What to do?..European Premier 18.02. 2017

Premiere on 07. November 2017.
To 14. January 2018.

Kopfkino

A musical film project. Or a filmic musical. By Peter Lund and Thomas Zaufke.

Premiere on 29. November 2017.
To 03. January 2018.